Re: Where is my CD-ROM drive?

[Bryan Scaringe <Bryan.Scaringe@computer.org>]

Linux is not recognizing your  SCSI CD.  type dmesg.  Is there any
mention of your CD?  Did you insert the SCSI and SCSI-CD modules?
Doesn't sound like it.

Bryan


On 11-Nov-99 Robert Kasunic wrote:
>  >Hello alone ;)
> 
> Hi Frenchman, :-)
> 
>  >Instead of always typing a long sentence, make an entry in your /etc/fstab:
>  >/dev/scd0      /cdrom  iso9660  noauto,user,ro                 0    4
> 
> I've already got an entry in my /etc/fstab and so I'm able to mount a CD 
> typing just mount /cdrom.
> 
>  >Try to compile only the SCSI driver not as a module.
> 
> I've tried that to no avail.
> Thanks for the hints.
> 
> Robert
> 
> At 11:41 11.11.99 +0100, Jean-Yves BARBIER wrote:
>>On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 09:51:28PM +0100, Robert Kasunic wrote:
>> > Hello all,
>>
>>Hello alone ;)
>>
>> > I have got a problem. Today I compiled a new kernel. Now I'm not able to
>> > get my CD drive to work anymore.
>> > When I try to mount the device (/dev/scd0) the system says:
>> > "mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/scd0 as a block device (maybe
>> > 'insmod driver'?)"
>>
>>Instead of always typing a long sentence, make an entry in your /etc/fstab:
>>/dev/scd0       /cdrom  iso9660  noauto,user,ro                 0    4
>>
>>Then to mount a CD, just type: "mount /cdrom"
>>
>> > In fact I compiled the SCSI controller (DAWI 2975U) and the CD-ROM driver
>>
>>In general, it is much better to compile all sensible devices drivers *not*
>>as modules (especially block devices as CDROM, or OS access).
>>
>> > as a module into the kernel. I have tried to compile it normally into the
>> > kernel as well. Without success.
>>
>>Try to compile only the SCSI driver not as a module.
>>
>>If it is not possible, you'll have first to load the SCSI module, before
>>the crdom driver (use insmod, or modprobe for the SCSI, if you're not
>>sure about the parms you supplied)
>>
>>JY
>>--
>>Jean-Yves F. Barbier <jybarbier@wanadoo.fr>
>>  A CONS is an object which cares.
>>                 -- Bernie Greenberg.
> 
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