How can I get my FTP/pub dir to recognise my cdrom drive,so
that
people can download from off the CD....but at the same
time...configure it
to allow this setup automatically, instead of everytime I
place a new
CD in the drive...?
Jim Weimer wrote:
>
> I'm haveing problems accessing the CDRW on a recent install of Mandrake
> 7.1 on a 166Hz pentium with 64 meg ram. When I try to open the folder I
> receive the following message-Could not list directory contents
> file:/mnt/cdrom. Yes a CD is in the drive and yes it is a data CD the
> Linux mandrake 7.1 install disk. The following is the existing system
> and files.
>
> fstab
> /dev/hdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> /dev/hdb5 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/scd0 0 0 0
> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/Cadillac vfat user,exec,unmask=0 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hdb6 swap swap defaults 0 0
>
> I changed cdrom super mount from
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
>
> Conf.modules
> alias block-major-11 scsi_hostadapter
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 > /proc/parport/0/irq
> post-install supermount modprobe scsi_hostadapter
> alias sound sb
> options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x300
>
> dmesg-in part
> .
> .
> hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100, ATAPI CDROM drive
> .
> .
> hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 1024kB Cache
> Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
> .
> .
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> scsi : 1 host.
> Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
> SB 4.13 detected OK (220)
> .
> .
>
> I entered the following command-
> cd /dev/ && rm cdrom && ln -s scd0 cdrom
> then "y" to confirm deletion of prior link.
>
> The command insmod ide-scsi resonds with Using
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/scsi/ide-scsi0
> insmod: a module names ide-scsi already exits
>
> I do not use Lilo, Grub is installed as default in Mandrake 7.1 but its
> on the first partition not the master boot record to keep it from
> trashing EZ Bios on hda. I use loadlin from the DOS C: prompt via a
> .bat file to boot linux. Linux is on hdb.
>
> the command modprobe ide-scsi responds with-
> note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.15.4
> mdk/modules.dep
> the command modprobe scsi_hostadapter resonds with the same message
>
> I have finally managed with your help,I read the archives, to get my
> sound card and USR 56 modem working. The CDRW is my last stumbling
> block and I can't seem to get it on my own.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Jim
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