i bet that this works ( assuming the kernel has been told by grub/lilo the hdc=ide-scsi option ) mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom and if it does ... make a link cd /dev ; ln -s ./hdc cdrom ( for reading cd's ) cd /dev ; ln -s ./hdc cdrw ( for writing ) c ya alvin
well, i could at any time easily mount the cd/dvd in the drive using /dev/hdc.
the boot-loader is configured properly (hdc=ide-scsi).the /dev/cdrom link is already there, /dev/cdrw did not bring me much further: what i am still missing is the appearance of the drive in the ouput of #cdrecord -scanbus. so i can not access it for writing cds.
thanks anyway rolf