How to mount "Combo DRIVE"? (CD-RW/DVD)

wailinux · 12-28-2002, 11:28 AM

Hi, I have a notebook with SuSE8.1 pro., I have a combo drive (CD-RW/DVD), the system only mount it as a CD-RW, how do I unmount the CD-RW, and mount the DVD ? or mount both together? Thankyou for advice

rootboy · 12-28-2002, 02:02 PM

Here's my /etc/fstab (SuSE 8.1 as well)

"cdrom" and "dvd" are the same device (physically) and are also the same device in /dev. And there doesn't seem to be any difference in fstab (other than the mount points).

Quote:

/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0

And in /dev I have:
cdrom as /dev/hdd
dvd as /hdd

So no difference here...

I would say that I could have gotten away with one or the other, but having both doesn't do any harm.

That said, I tried to load my SuSE DVD up just now and it didn't work!

I did a bit of research and found that the my devices in /dev should be

cdrom as /dev/sr1
dvd as /dev/sr1

For some reason SuSE managed to get my CD-RW right (/dev/sr0), but messed up on the DVD. This probably because my /boot/grub/menu.lst lists my CD-RW as a SCSI device (this is so I can use Xcdroast). I may (probably) have to add my DVD to this as well...

Soooo, the upshot of all this is that as far as linux is concerned, cdrom = dvdrom (more or less). But you still have to have the correct device

If you need to edit your device, check this link out:

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-l...-Mar/2869.html

Thanks for your post, I fixed something that I didn't even know was broken

John

wailinux · 12-28-2002, 10:50 PM

thankyou, but SuSE set my cd-rw as sr0, and cdrom as sr0, i don't have dvd mounted....

rootboy · 12-29-2002, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by wailinux
thankyou, but SuSE set my cd-rw as sr0, and cdrom as sr0, i don't have dvd mounted....

Have you tried a DVD in it?

John

wailinux · 12-29-2002, 10:35 AM

yes, I did, but still doesn't work (i couldn't play DVD by mplayer)..

Thankyou for your help John

rshaw · 12-29-2002, 01:01 PM

as root type ln -sf /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd

rootboy · 12-29-2002, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wailinux
yes, I did, but still doesn't work (i couldn't play DVD by mplayer)..

Oh, that's a horse of a different color...

Just so you know what you are up against:

http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stori...4.mplayer.html

Quote:

Thankyou for your help John

Anytime

John

wailinux · 12-30-2002, 06:23 PM

Thankyou
rshaw and rootboy.

I got my DVD mounted by the "ln" command, but when using mplayer to play DVD, I only see green small squares, fragments..is this because I have to set the region code? or the codec? Please advice

rshaw · 12-30-2002, 07:00 PM

there are a lot of extra codecs available at www.mplayerhq.hu , just unpack and place in /usr/lib/win32.