[wellylug] Re: CDRW & DVD Mount Conflict?

[Adam Bogacki]

Thank you, Edouard.

I think you assume 2.4 kernel,  but I'm using 2.6.5 ...

I followed   /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup  for 2.6*

> Kernel 2.6.*
> ============
> Usually you would not want to use ide-scsi with Kernel 2.6 for
> CD-writing, the new kernel provides a (from a user's point of view)
> superior access method that finally supports DMA access when writing
> Audio-CDs or using -raw.
>
> If you are converting from ide-scsi first undo the steps 2-7 described 
> above.
>
> 1. Become root, try "grep -i dvd .: /var/log/kern.log" to find out 
> where your
>    ATAPI-devices are connected to (hd?-names), this should show 
> something like:
>    Jan 10 23:40:07 downhill kernel: hdg: FOO-BAR WRI-0815W, ATAPI 
> CD/DVD-ROM drive
>    Memorize the device (hdg in the example).
>
> 2. Become root, setup cdrecord's environment - edit /etc/default/cdrecord:
>       CDR_DEVICE=cdrw
>       cdrw=/dev/hdg     4       8m
>    Input the right values, the fields are described in the manpage
>    of cdrecord. Alternatively, you may use this values as
>    cdrecord-parameter or take a frontend with an own configuration
>    scheme, then you don't need to modify /etc/default/cdrecord.
>    The columns must be separated by tabs.
>
> 3. That's it, 'cdrecord -prcap' should find your writer.
>
> 4. If you wish to allow non-root users to write CDs, you must give them
>    permissions to do so. Run "dpkg-reconfigure cdrecord" to set suid-root
>    permissions on the executable, then add your users to the cdrom group
>                                                                          
> 83

but get

> Tux:~# cdrecord -prcap
> <snip>
> scsidev: '1,5,0'
> scsibus: 1 target: 5 lun: 0
> cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/sg*'. Cannot 
> open SCSI driver.

and similarly for -scanbus, although xcdroast works.

I am using the values in the example above for /etc/default/cdrecord.

'man cdrecord' seems to go on forever.

What am I missing here ?

Adam Bogacki,
afb at paradise.net.nz


E.Chalaron wrote:

>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.
>>>      
>>>
>
>
>  
>

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