Re: scsi-ide-cdrw

[Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Thomas Sommer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> after reading a lot of howtos, newsgroups, etc. i constandly have the
> following problem with my cdrw-drive (when i try to mount it):
> 
> dusk:/# mount /dev/cdrw
> mount: /dev/scd0 ist kein gültiges blockorientiertes Gerät
> (english: is not a valid block device)

what is the link for /dev/cdrw ??
	ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrw ??

brute force:
	mount -o ro -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /cdrom 
	( if that works ... you;d have to fiddle with  "/dev/cdrw"

> fstab:
> ---snip---
> /dev/cdrw     /cdrom    iso9660 ro,user,noauto    0 0

i assume /cdrom exists.... since you can rw to the cdrw

c ya
alvin