At first if you want to use your CDRW you should enable scsi emulation,
which can be done by putting the following lines in your LILO config file:
append hdc=ide-scsi , if your CDRW drive is connected as Secundary Master
,don't forget after this rerun lilo , and take a look at /dev/cdrom to see
references to real devices as example dev/cdrom -> scd0 or dev/cdrom -> hdc
Of course you can run HardDrake and go to cdrom section to refer how your
drives is recognized - normally should be two entries for CDRW one as hdc
device and one as scd0 device.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards
Andris
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Harrison
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 8:11 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't Access CD Drives - even as root
Well, don't know if this applies, and I don't want or intend to insult your
intelligence as related to linux, as I am a complete newbie, but I know my
cd
drives do that if the disc doesn't have any relation to linux whatsoever.
Try mounting it with one of the linux cd's in the drive. Hope this helps.
Matt
On Tuesday 13 March 2001 11:10, you wrote:
> Here's a funny thing!
>
> Whenever I try to access either of my CD drives, whether as root or
> user, I am refused access.
>
> Using Konqueror, I get the message: "Unableto enter file:/mnt/cdrom. You
> do not have access rights to this location." - if root doesn't have
> access, who does? My CD drives are shown under /mnt with little
> padlocks on them.
>
> Using a terminal command: ls /mnt/cdrom, I get the message "Input/output
> error".
>
> The only way I have ever been able to get round it is to boot from a
> floppy rather than LILO - this is a hassle.
>
> If anyone has encountered and solved this problem, I would be grateful
> for guidance.
>
> I am running Mandrake 7.2 (never had this problem with 7.1) and my
> drives are a Mitsumi 4802TE (re-writable) and Samsung SCR232
