On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:56:23 -0500 "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Perhaps you changed the links in /dev? Here, mine look like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# ls -al cdrom > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 8 11:42 cdrom -> scd0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# ls -al cdrom2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 9 15:50 cdrom2 -> scd1 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev] > > I'm using SCSI so its probably different than yours. Use "dmesg > > dmesg.txt" > and read through it to find what your devices are if you don't > already know. > > As root, change into /dev and "ls -al cdrom" or whatever you're using > to see > whats what. > > If I don't have these links in place, KsCD won't find my drives. > > I had to do a "ln -s scd1 cdrom2" because it wasn't there. > > HTHs. > Here's my results of those commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mnt]# cd /dev [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# ls -al cdrom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 10 09:35 cdrom -> hdc [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# ls -al cdrom2 ls: cdrom2: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# ls -al cdrom1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 10 09:35 cdrom1 -> hdc [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# ls -al cdrom0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 10 09:35 cdrom0 -> hdb [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]# Don't know if this has any bearing on the matter but I notice that /mnt shows the drives as cdrom (for hdb) and cdrom2 (for hdc) whilst /dev shows (in Konqueror) for hdc cdrom and cdrom1 and for hdb cdrom0, and in mc cdrom1 for hdc and cdrom0 for hdb. E. David I. Taylor, Taranaki, New Zealand 'the place to be - beneath the Mountain, beside the Sea' ++ RLU #380384 www.counter.li.org ++ using a Linux/Open Source computer featuring Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.12-15mdk 10:22:31 up 47 min, 1 user, load average: 1.16, 1.21, 1.22 PC = poppycock ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
