Help with setting up multiple CD/DVD ROM drives
My computer has two DVD-ROM drives a TOSHIBA DVD-ROM and a PLEXTOR DVD-R.The problem is that in most programs (such as Xine) there can be only one (like Highlander :)) device specified for audio-cd or dvd playback. Usually this is /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd which point to the appropriate block device. This is totally impractical because
A. I have to remember stupid things like "Audio Cds in plextor" "film DVDs in toshiba" B. In case the specified device is in use I have to either ln the /dev/dvd with the free device or change the application settings (or maybe wait for the job to be completed...) Currently I am looking for a way to make my programs understand that there might be more than one CD/DVD drive in my pc. Any help appreciated because I'm starting to miss the preconfigured mountpoints of windoz (I'm visiting a doctor one of these days). PS: Distro Slackware 10.2 |
If you have not already done so, check your /etc/fstab file for entries you should have 2 if not with su powers add the missing one.
mine look like this /dev/hda /mnt/dvd auto umask=0022,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/hdc /mnt/burner auto umask=0022,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 and of course with su powers create the missing directory in /mnt/ (2) read your /var/log/dmesg to see how your hardware is being detected and bear in mind you may find your default may be set on a low dma |
Oops... I now realise that I totally misplaced this thread. It should be Linux-Software.
In fact the fstab is properly configured. This means that I can mount/use both dvd-roms perfectly well at the same time at a normal data transfer rate. The trouble is when using certain applications (xine, kscd). For example xine has an option: device used for DVD playback |/dev/dvd| Of course I can tell it to use /dev/hda or /dev/hdc or whatever Of course I can also ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd but this is also work and I am lazy. The problem is that I have to change this everytime I use hdc instead of hda which is boring. The question remains: Can I set up my aplications to expect two devices. I imagine something like that for xine: device1 used for DVD playback |/dev/hda| device2 used for DVD playback |/dev/hdc| Or it could ask for the number of devices I have and set it up properply. PS: I'm again sorry for the misplaced question. |
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