Re: SCSI CD, reported by kernel, isn't there.
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Alan Eugene Davis wrote:
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: Now I am having some trouble with the SCSI CD. The kernel reports the
: SCSI adapter and the CD during boot up messages. But when I try
: mount -tios9660 /dev/scd0 /cdrom
: or to use a cd player, nothing---this is not known to the kernel as
: a block device
Does it exist in /dev? `ls -l /dev/scd*' should shed some light on the
situation.
cd /dev
MAKEDEV scd0
should help if the ls search turned out negative.
: >synapse:/home/adavis# mount -tiso9660 /dev/scd0 /cdrom
: >mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/scd0 as a block device
: > (maybe `insmod driver'?)
: >synapse:/home/adavis#
:
: This is not a module. SCSI support is compiled into the kernel
: itself.
Mmm. That may be, but is SCSI CD support compiled into the kernel?
Modules work fine here btw and I prefer them since they're only loaded
when needed.
: Where can I find out the device associated with the recognized drive?
The output of `dmesg' and/or /var/log/messages might help.
: What else can explain that the kernel reports the device, but it is
: not available to be used?
Again, if the device file doesn't exist in /dev/you'll have a hard time
using it.
Once upon a time I had a linux box that insisted on using /dev/sr0
rather than /dev/scd0; it didn't bother me too much :)
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