[wellylug] Re: CDRW & DVD Mount Conflict?

[Centurion Computer Technology Ltd]

as I said in an earlier post:

cdrecord dev=ATA -scanbus

cdrecord dev=ATA:[bus],[target],[lun] etc


On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 00:06, Adam Bogacki wrote:
> Yup, I modified my /etc/lilo.conf and /etc/modules.conf as suggested
> below,
> rebooted successfully, and tried  'cdrecord -scanbus' but found
> 
> Tux:~# cdrecord -scanbus
> <snip>
> cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot
> open SCSI d river.
> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you
> are root.
> cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
> cdrecord:
> cdrecord: For more information, install the cdrtools-doc
> cdrecord: package and read /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup
> .
> Tux:~#
> 
> My /etc/fstab currently looks like 
> 
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type> 
> <options>                       <dump>  <pass>
> /dev/hda1       /mnt/WinXP      vfat    rw,user,noexec,auto    
> 0       0
> /dev/hdb5       /               ext3   
> defaults,errors=remount-ro      0       1
> /dev/hdb10      none            swap    sw                     
> 0       0
> proc            /proc           proc   
> defaults                        0       0
> /dev/fd0        /floppy         auto   
> defaults,user,noauto            0       0
> /dev/hdd        /cdrw           auto   
> defaults,rw,user,noauto         0       0
> /dev/hdc        /dvd            auto   
> defaults,ro,user,noauto         0       0
> /dev/hdb2       /boot   ext3    defaults                       
> 0       2
> /dev/hdb9       /home   ext3    defaults                       
> 0       2
> /dev/hdb6       /usr    ext3    defaults                       
> 0       2
> /dev/hdb7       /usr/local      ext3   
> defaults                        0       2
> /dev/hdb8       /var    ext3    defaults                       
> 0       2
> /dev/hde5       /home/cyberia   ext2   
> defaults                        0       2
> /dev/hde6       /usr/cyberia    ext2   
> defaults                        0       2
> 
> and I'm unsure where to put
> > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount \ 
> > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15 0 0
> or
> > /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount\ 
> > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,noatime 0 0
> >   
> ... xcdroast recognises
> 
> ATAPI: 0,0,0,  PIONEER  DVD-ROM DVD-105  1.11
> as the device from which to read, and 
> ATAPI:0,1,0,  LG              CD-RW  CED-8080D  1.05
> on which to write.
> 
> The devices in /etc/fstab are those designated by dmesg.
> 
> Adam 
> 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.
> > > >       
> > 
> >   
>