[wellylug] Re: CDRW & DVD Mount Conflict?

[E.Chalaron]

Did you try to emulate a ide-scsi ?

I just resolve this problem with it by pointing /dev/scd0 to 
/dev/scsi/whatever_target_lunetc....

First modify /etc/lilo.conf (MDK, maybe different for Debian ?)

image=/boot/vmlinuz
         label=linux
         root=/dev/hda5
         initrd=/boot/initrd.img 
        append="quiet devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
         vga=788
         read-only
 image=/boot/vmlinuz
         label=linux-nonfb
         root=/dev/hda5
         initrd=/boot/initrd.img 
        append="devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
         read-only

Now in  /etc/modules.conf add the 2 follwoing lines :

options ide-cd
pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi

reboot or reload your modules
and try  :
cdrecord -scanbus
You'll get the SCSI numbers to link with /dev/scd0

Make sure that /etc/fstab is conform to this new config

/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount \ 
dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15 0 0

Not being a guru, it may not work but I did install few of them like this and 
never failed.

However trying to read a DVD with mplayer or xine is still a pain !
Edouard



> Thanks Harry,
>
> I have no 'dvd' entry in /dev so I used 'mkdir dvd' but keep getting the
> message that
> 'mount point /dev/dvd does not exist'. Previously (following someone
> from deb-user) I did
>
> rm -rf /dev/dvd
> ln -s /dev/hdc /mnt/dvd
>
> with no luck.
>
> Similarly, I get
>
> > Tux:~# mount /cdrw
> > mount: mount point /cdrw does not exist
>
> How does one create mount-points ?
>
> Is there an automounting option for DVD's in gnome ?
>
> [... and completely off-topic - how does one get a gmial account ?]
>
> Adam Bogacki,
> afb at paradise.net.nz
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >What I would try to do is, check if there is anything in /dev/dvd
> >directory, and if not delete it. Then create a symlink to /dev/hdc.
> >This should fix the DVD side of it. Also, DVD movies don't need to be
> >mounted to played, like Audio CDs.
> >
> >If the CD-RW is in your fstab (like it is), mount using "mount /cdrw".
> >I don't know why you can't mount both at the same time, but as I
> >mentioned above, you don't need to.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Harry.