I have edited /etc/fstab by typing: mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw
Now when i check inside the /mnt/ catalog I see "cdrw" so that works but then I try
to mount by typing: mount /dev/hdd it says:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,
or too many mounted file systems
(could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)


I dont know so much about hardware but I think my cd writer is a normal IDE drive.
When I type dmesg | grep ATA it says:

WDC WD200EB-00CSF0, ATA DISK drive
hdc: SONY CD-ROM CDU5221, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: CD-RW CRX100E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
hdd: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 1024kB Cache, DMA
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices

really need help on this one, btw it was deefaz that helped me this far so thnx anyways.

First things first- let's see if your CDRW is recognized:

As root, type cdrecord --scanbus

If your Rom is found, it will show the make and model. If it's not there, you need to change your Lilo settings to declare it's presence.n Can I assume that you added this drive after you installed Slackware? Perhaps you didn't add the /dev/hd??=ide-scsi when you installed Slack?

post your /etc/fstab
there the problem lies.

Ok heres what it says when i type cdrecord --scanbus :

Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

And heres what it says in the /ect/fstab file:

/dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda2 /swap ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw udf,iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0


plz give me some advices

try add to your Lilo conf :
hdd=ide-cd
and run /sbin/lilo then reboot

How do I add that to the LILO config?

You need to edit the file using your favorite editor:

nano /etc/lilo.conf

make changes and save the file

Rerun lilo by typing:

/sbin/lilo

The next you reboot you should be ok.

After I've added the text in /etc/lilo.conf and typed /sbin/lilo all I get is a error message that say:
Unrecognized token "hdd" at or above line 42 in file '/etc/lilo.conf

dunno what that means but I guess that lilo doesnt find "hdd"
:S

Can you post your lilo.conf file?

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/hda
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Linux
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends

hdd=ide-cd

try making the line :

append='hdd=ide-scsi'

and put it after the timeout=1200 line.
rerun lilo and reboot.

Then do dmesg | grep A and look for a line like:

Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

if you have that then edit fstab to change the line:
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw udf,iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0

to read:
/dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0

(I am not sure if the "udf" should be there or not)


After that try cdrecord -scanbus and see if the result is OK
HTH,

mark

ps the above is what worked for me, YMMV

be sure to remove that hdd line you put at the bottom

bash-2.05b# /sbin/lilo
Syntax error at or above line 9 in file '/etc/lilo.conf'

this is what the terminal says when i type /sbin/lilo after I removed the hdd thing at the bottom and after I added the other append thing under the timeout.

btw the line I added is on line nr 9

append='hdd=ide-scsi'

that should be

append="hdd=ide-scsi"

with the double quotes.

whansard is right,

very sorry about that roAder


mark