I'm using an ATAPI cdrom. Here's what I had to do to get it to work: (1) get a kernel with ATAPI compiled in (I build my own).
(2) make a /dev entry. In my case, I have a second ide controller for the cdrom. From /proc/devices I know that ide0 has major number 3 and ide1 has major number 22. So, I have the following entries in /dev brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/hda brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 64 Dec 31 1969 /dev/hdb brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/hdc brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 64 Dec 31 1969 /dev/hdd [I forget why they have the date zero'd out.] (3) mount the file system -- I think you've already gotten mail on this subject. -- Raul
