On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 06:08:10 -0700 (PDT) Susan Macchia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wish I could upgrade my kernel (don't have the time to roll my own > kernel - > wish I did). I can't because the pptp tunneling into my place of > work only > works on RH 7.0, not 7.1... And I work from home regularly 1-2x per > week. And > at night, and on weekends when necessary. I don't want to have to > continually > reboot from one os to another each time I need to work, so... > > <OT> > In February, my group is being transferred to Intel, at which point > I can start > to use another distro, since the telecommuting connectivity is a > dial-up. I > plan on using SUSE 7.3 (I have an order pending). > </OT> > > In any event, when I have my cd-rom on /dev/sr0 and my cd-rw on > /dev/sr1, the > following occurs when I mount: > > $ mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, > mounting > read-only > > cool..., but now when: > > $ mount /dev/cdrw /mnt/cdrw > mount: block device /dev/cdrw is write-protected, > mounting > read-only > mount: /dev/cdrw already mounted or /mnt/cdrw busy > > huh? > > And, say I dismount /dev/cdrom and: > $ mount /dev/cdrw /mnt/cdrw > mount: block device /dev/cdrw is write-protected, > mounting > read-only > > ====> And when I look at /mnt/cdrw, the cd-rom on /dev/sr0 spins, > and the data > is what is in that drive!!! This is just too wierd. It seems I > can't use the > cdrw as a 2nd cdrom... > > > > That could very well be the problem. Build your own kernel, and > then at > > least, you know what you're working with. Plus, you are using > RH-7.0, > > which is an abomination in of itself. At least upgrade to 7.1 so > that > > everything you compile isn't fundamentally broken. > > > --- Susan Macchia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, maybe the difference is kernel versions. As stated > previously, > > > I am > > > runing RH 7.0 (kernel version 2.2.16-22). It looks like all or > > > nothing for me > > > <g> Maybe a 2.2.x kernel thing? I don't have that problem, but then I don't use /dev/cdrom, etc. When I mount /dev/sr0 (my CDRW) with a cdrom loaded it mounts and is readable. When I mount /dev/sr1 (the reader), it mounts and is readable. Now the only other difference, gentoo uses devfs, so there is quite a bit of magic under the covers. But it wasn't any different on jblinux, etc. All are 2.4.x kernels, however. -- Collins Richey Denver Area gentoo_rc6 xfce+sylpheed _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
