John Aldrich wrote:
>
> 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]
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
I'm still using a Creative 2x CD-Rom (admittedly under Linux) and
believe you can still get drivers from the Creative Labs site.
