Re: Creation of Device for CD-ROM
On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Russell Rademacher wrote:
> Hello guys.
>
> I need a little refresher here. I need to make a new device to hook up
> the CD to the fstab. Basically... I have 4 IDE Drives which is basically used
> by hdax, hdbx, hdcx and hddx. I have a old model LaserMate CD Drive hooked up
> though the antique Packard Bell Sound Galaxy Sound Card which it is detected
> and found the CD-ROM.
>
> But problem is... I do not have the hde set so I need it created and
> set so that it can be accessed. What is that command and steps to create a new
> device for so that I can mount it and set the symbolic link to cdrom.
>
> Thanks guys. Yeah.. go and laugh your butts off about old Packard
> Bell's sound card and the cd-rom drive. But at least.. it works so that
> matters for now. (Been tossing together some oddball computer out of old parts
> found in the closet. :P )
Does the Packard-Bell sound card provide an IDE interface? A lot of those
are proprietary. If so, you probably will have a different device name
than hde and you may have to compile support into the kernel or as a
module. What do the kernel messages say when the card and CD-ROM are
detected?
Bob
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