Well, it COULD be one of three types of CDROM: 1) SCSI (some SB16's had a
SCSI controller on-board.) 2) IDE (newer IDEs, I think, use IDE now.) 3)
Panasonic interface. If it's the latter, he may have to go out and get a
new CDROM, as the Panasonic Interface isn't even supported in DOS any more
(unless you can find the drivers somewhere <G>)
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Brian Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Newbie Linux List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Mounting a CDROM and StarOffice question
> Brian's question is a bit more fundamental than this, I think.
>
> 1. In every distribution I've seen or used, /dev/cdrom is a symlink to
some
> real device. Its absence just means your installer disn't set it up for
you.
> Possibly because the kernel couldn't find the CD. If that's all you need,
> you can add this with
>
> ln -s /dev/whatever /dev/cdrom
>
> replacing "whatever" with the right device entry for your drive. (But
> there's the rub; see next item.)
>
> 2. Most likely, your kernel isn't detecting the CD drive. To see if it is,
> look at the boottime messages the kernel sends. Some of them are in the
> kernel message ring buffer; look at that with "dmesg". Some are in your
main
> log file (usually /var/log/messages on a stock install).
>
> 3. If you find that your kernel **is** detecting the CD drive, it will
tell
> you the /dev entry on which it is located. If it **isn't** detecting the
> drive, you'll have to find a kernel that supports it or a module you can
add
> to your kernel to support it.
>
> 4. The only SoundBlaster support I can find is a module called "sbpcd"
> (listed in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, the file my (Slackware) system uses to
add
> module support; I don't know what RH uses for this). If that doesn't
support
> your drive, I don't know of an alternative.
>
> 6. The advice from "ithornto" relies on a working entry being present in
> /etc/fstab . Before that to happen, all the problems you have need to be
> solved. Once they are, you can add the entry to /etc/fstab or simply mount
> with "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" (assuming you've created the mount
point
> as well as the symlink).
>
> At 03:25 PM 6/19/99 -0400, ithornto wrote:
> >I've been able to mount CDROMs with
> >"mount /mnt/cdrom"
> >
> >I think it usually links whichever /dev folder that controls your CDRom
(mine
> >is /dev/hdb)
> >to /mnt/cdrom.
> >
> >Brian Willis wrote:
> >
> >> All,
> >>
> >> CDROM Question:
> >> Over the last few days I've been getting into Linux more and more. I
> >> have run into a slight problem. I can't mount my CDROM. I have kernel
> >> version 2.0.18 (redhat) (I know...I'm a few versions behind). I've
read
> >> the FAQ for CDROM and read the "Running Linux" book from O'reilly but I
> >> can't seem to mount the drive. I have a SB 16 CDROM.
> >> I don't see a driver in the /dev for SB 16. I do see some for SB Pro.
Any
> >> suggestions? I don't even see a /dev/cdrom? Help this newbie!!
>
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA 94303-3603 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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