Re: scsi-ide-cdrw

[Thomas Sommer <ThomasSommer@gmx.net>]

Am Sat, 17 Jan 2004 08:10:06 +0100 schrieb Andreas Janssen:

> Hello
> 
> Thomas Sommer (<ThomasSommer@gmx.net>) wrote:
> 
>> after reading a lot of howtos, newsgroups, etc. i constandly have the
>> following problem with my cdrw-drive (when i try to mount it):
>> 
>> dusk:/# mount /dev/cdrw
>> mount: /dev/scd0 ist kein gültiges blockorientiertes Gerät
>> (english: is not a valid block device)
>> 
>> scsi-ide-module is installed proper, and i even can burn cds with the
>> drive.
>> 
>> fstab:
>> ---snip---
>> /dev/cdrw     /cdrom    iso9660 ro,user,noauto    0 0
>> ---snip---
> 
> First, check where /dev/cdrw is pointing to. After activating ide-scsi,
> it should point to /dev/scd0 or /dev/scd1 instead of /dev/hd*,
> depending on the amount of drives you activated ide-scsi for.

cdrw -> /dev/scd0

> Second, depending on your Kernel, make sure you told the ide-cd driver
> to ignore the CDRW drive. If the ide-cd driver is compiled into the
> Kernel (e.g. installation Kernel), configure your bootloader:
> 
> append="hdc=ide-scsi" #(if hdc is your cdrw)

already before my post to this group done

> If you use lilo, run it from the command line after changing the
> configuration. This will also work if ide-cd is compiled as a module.
> 
> If you use a module only configuration (ide-cd as a module), you can
> also make sure that either
> 
> ide-cd does not get loaded before ide-scsi
> 
> ide-cd is told to ignore the cdrw. Add
> 
> options ide-cd ignore=hdc
> 
> To some file in /etc/modutils and run update modules.

I don't think that that will solve the problem, because i actually can
burn cds with cdrecord or cdbakeoven but can't read from the same drive

> best regards
>         Andreas Janssen

Thx so far

Thomas