cd rom

bramba · 07-30-2003, 08:02 AM

hi, i've a problem mounting my 2° cdrom. I use slackware9, and i have 2 cdrom devices. in the /etc/fstab there is only one line for cdrom, so i write the missing one for the second cdrom, i created the /mnt/cdrom2 and #mount -a to read the fstab. It doesn't work, in the /dev there's no file for /cdrom2
any idea

-thanks-

acid_kewpie · 07-30-2003, 08:08 AM

/dev/cdrom will only be a symlink for ease of reading it.... it will probably point to /dev/hdc, and your new device will probably be /dev/hdd, either create that symlink or just use the original IDE device block.

bramba · 07-30-2003, 08:15 AM

i don't understand. how does linux work?
I have my cdrom second device, i add a line to /etc/fstab and the for the system the second cdrom exists?

aaa · 07-30-2003, 10:32 AM

/dev/hda is primary master
/dev/hdb is primary slave
/dev/hdc is secondary master
/dev/hdd is secondary slave
/dev/cdrom is just a link to one of them.

aaa · 07-30-2003, 10:35 AM

If your 2nd cdrom is connected on secondary slave, it would be /dev/hdd. The line for it in fstab would probably look like this:
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 noauto,users 0 0
This assumes that the folder /mnt/cdrom2 exists.