CD-ROM and CD-RW together problem

[Guest itmpm]

Okay, I fiddled around with the physical setup some more. Now the state of things is this:

 

Hard drive: Master, primary IDE

CDROM: slave, primary IDE

CD-RW: Master, secondary IDE

 

I set up the cables and jumpers like this.

 

The /etc/fstab currently looks like this:

 

/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1

none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0

/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2

/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,ro 0 0

/dev/hdc /mnt/cyber iso9660 user,noauto,ro 0 0

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,sync,unhide,noauto,nosuid,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

 

I can currently mount the CD-RW on /mnt/cyber.

 

After resetting the device for KsCD (CD player) to /dev/scd0, I got it to play properly (yay!).

 

However, I can't mount /mnt/cdrom, and apparently xcdroast is incapable of seeing anything but the CDROM drive (big help!).

 

The BIIIIIG problem I had earlier was that both CD drives were set to slave. so we're getting close, but still no cigar.

 

MTIA,

 

Matt

[Glitz]

You have to set up your CDRW as a scsi device in order for any CD burning software to recognize it.

 

What does it say when you try to mount the CDROM?

 

Glitz.

[Guest itmpm]

> Ditto what cannonfodder said! Do not use cable select options. If you are using a mobo with

> a special ide for 66/100 MB bus speed, the master must go to the end of the cable, the slave

> in the middle. Also, make sure the drive sharing the bus is set to master or slave, and not

> single.

 

Woa, slow down! Okay, so:

 

Cable select options are what, the jumpers on the backs of the devices, or what?

 

What's a mobo?

 

Does it really matter which one's on the end?

 

The documentation shows how to set master (jumper on the right); I assume jumper in the middle is slave. What does jumper on the left and no jumper mean?

 

I. M. Utterly Befuddled

[Guest itmpm]

Dea Glitz:

 

It says this here:

 

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0,

or too many mounted file systems

 

How do you set up your CDRW as a scsi device?

 

Matt

[Ixthusdan]

su to root

using your favorite editor, edit the append line in /etc/lilo.conf to read:

 

append="devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi quiet"

 

save and close editor

type lilo

 

next open /etc/fstab in an editor and add the line

/dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,ro 0 0

save and close

reboot

 

And tell us what happens.

[Ixthusdan]

mobo=motherboard

All settings on the back of your ide devices usually have three options: master/single, slave, cable select. Sometimes the master and single are different, just make sure you are setting for master. But I think you already have that figured out.

 

the entery hdx=ide-scsi is a linux scsi emulator for cd devices.

hda is a device on your Primary master ide

hdb is primary slave

hdc is secondary master

hdd is secondary slave

[Guest itmpm]

Hey guys,

 

Thanks. I tried the LILO stuff, and that did the trick--actually, I had actually typed that line into lilo.conf earlier, but forgotten to re-lilo it!

 

Both drives can now be mounted--so long as there's a valid data CD in them.

 

Cheers,

 

Matt