Re: cdrom

[Tommy Lakofski <tommy@88.net>]

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Tao Lu wrote:

> I first time try Linux. After install base system and boot up, I use
> dselect to set package. Although the cdrom is installed succefully
> during driver disk, the dselect ask me following:
> 
> Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block device name [/dev/cdrom]:
> 
> What is the block device name I should enter?

This depends upon what kind of CD-ROM drive you have. If it's SCSI, it's
probably /dev/scd0. If it's ATAPI, it's probably /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc. If
it's a proprietary CD-ROM protocol, try 'ls /dev/*cd*' to see all the
possibilities -- choose the right block device for your drive.

TL


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