combo drive

h1tman · 09-30-2003, 11:17 PM

i added hdc=ide-scsi in append in my lilo and now my drive dont work. dvd nor cdrom work any longer.

michaelk · 10-01-2003, 06:53 AM

Well see if you can mount a CD using /dev/scd0.

aaa · 10-01-2003, 07:14 AM

I did the same, (but it wasn't a combo drive) and attempting to mount /dev/scd0 gives something like "/dev/scd0 is not a valid block device". So where did the cdrom device go?

h1tman · 10-01-2003, 07:56 AM

yeah not a valid block device

h1tman · 10-01-2003, 07:58 AM

//dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hda2 /mnt/windows ntfs auto,ro,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/scd0 /mnt/scd0 iso9660 noauto,users 0 0
#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,user,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,user,exec 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

my fstab

michaelk · 10-01-2003, 08:53 AM

Check to see of ide-scsi modules is loading.
/sbin/lsmod

Can you mount using the actual device /dev/hdx? Change x to match where the drive is located. Need to be root using:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdx /mnt/cdrom

aaa · 10-01-2003, 09:51 AM

/dev/hdd (my writer) doesn't work. But cdrecord sees it.

h1tman · 10-01-2003, 10:12 AM

root@darkstar:~# /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
sr_mod 14328 0 (autoclean) (unused)
trident 31572 1
ide-scsi 10512 0
scsi_mod 90420 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]

h1tman · 10-01-2003, 10:14 AM

can i find proper instructions on how to get this device working like step by step?cuz i can only find bits and pieces

michaelk · 10-01-2003, 10:32 AM

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue57/stoddard.html

h1tman · 10-01-2003, 10:39 AM

this is a cdrw/dvd combo drive

root@darkstar:/home/h1tman# alias scd0 srmod
bash: alias: scd0: not found
bash: alias: srmod: not found

michaelk · 10-01-2003, 07:36 PM

A combo drive should behave the same way.

Check the output of dmesg. Do you see any messages relating the the drive.