Re: Fw: Mitsumi FX001D CD-ROM drv. Need help...
Subject: Fw: Mitsumi FX001D CD-ROM drv. Need help...
Date: Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 05:56:02PM -0600
In reply to:Larry Shields WD9ESU
Quoting Larry Shields WD9ESU(larrysh@itis.com):
>
> This is my second request for HELP! with a FX001D Mitsumi CD-ROM drive,
> mabe this time I will catch the right person or users that can help me out
> here...
>
>
> I am hopeing that someone that also has a CD-ROM drive the FX001D can help
> me out here, in configuring the cd-rom drive, so that when at bootup it will
> be mounted...
>
> If I boot right from the linux floppy disk, when it gets to the point of
> mounting my CD-ROM drive I get this:
>
> MCD=0X360,11: init Failed. No mcd device at 0x360 irq 11
>
> But if I let the system boot up using MSDOS, it then loads everything
> encluding my cd-rom drive, then once I get the msdos prompt, I insert the
> Bootable linux
> disk into the floppy drive, and do a soft reboot CTRL-ALT-DEL and then it
> boots up using the Linux floppy...
>
> When it gets to the point of loading of the cd-rom drive it then loads in
> and shows this:
>
> MCD=0X360,11: Mitsumi Status type and version: 10 D 2 Double Speed CD ROM
>
> Does this mean that when I am asked when installing Debian Modules select
> Category for cdrom driversthat when it shows the different types like sony,
> etc, and mcd or MCDX, that it is looking for mcd=0x360,11 10 D 2....???
>
> With this info how can I have it mounted upon booting up Linux, in the
> FSTAB file, meaning the correct way to type it in fro a MCD type CDROM
> drive...
>
> I have printed out HOW-TO CDROM and it is listed as this for my CD-ROM
> drive...
>
> Loadable module support: YES
> Device: /dev/mcd, major 23
> Configuration file: mcd.h
> Kernel Config option: Standard Mitsumi CDROM Support ?
> README file: MCD This file I have not found????
>
> This driver accepts a kernel command line of the form:
>
> mcd=<ip-address>, <irq> This I allready know what the I/O and IRQ is
> mcd=0x360,11 but it is needing something else for it to work right...
>
> Here is what the cdrom howto mentioned..
>
> Specifying the I/O base address of the card 0x340 and the irq request number
> used.
> The device file can be created using:
> # mknod /dev/mcd b 23 0 I have done this and it says that it allready
> exists, this is because I booted up from dos, then did an CTRL-ALT-DEL and
> then it was mounted upon booting up from my linux boot disk...
>
>
> I would like any info on how to do it correctly so that when I boot directly
> from my bootdisk that the cdrom drive will work...
>
> Also I would like someone to show me the correct way of editing my FSTAB
> file using the /dev/mcd since I have tried three different ways and have had
> no luck in doing so...
>
Larry
Sorry but I am a bit confused by the above. I will try to answer
what I 'Think' you are asking.
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,ro,conv=binary 0 0
This mounts my cdrom, not on bootup, when I do mount /cdrom.
I have made a dir in / called /cdrom. (mkdir /cdrom). To have it
mount at bootup just remove the noauto from the above example.
Now I haven't done the mcd thingy in years so this might be a bit off.
make a link from /dev/cdrom to /dev/mcd. ls -s /dev/cdrom /dev/mcd.
Now you just refer to /dev/cdrom and forget about mcd.
The above confused me because I _think_ you are saying that the CD is
seen by the kernel. If not, then you have to redo the kernel config
and select it. If I am out in left field, sorry. Let me know if I
misunderstood something.
HTH
Wayne WA1BBB
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What this country needs is a good five cent microcomputer.
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