how do i get back my cdrom???
 

hi guys and gals! i finally learned how to burn cds using linux. basically it involved using scsi emulation. but i have a problem now...

how do i mount my cdrom so that i can read its contents? mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom (where hdd is the cdrom) doesn't work anymore because i had to add an entry in /etc/modules.conf that 'ignores' my cdrom as an ide-cdrom drive. that line is needed to enable scsi emulation.

i can easily remove that line so that i can use my cdrom 'normally' again. but doing so won't allow me to write cds anymore (because i'll lose scsi emulation)...

how do i access the contents of my cd-drive (a cd-rw) without disabling scsi-emulation?

it should now be
mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom

that's a zero, check your /etc/fstab for the proper labeling.

cheers.

cool :D thanks! i'll try that when i get home :)

hmmm it still doesn't work. when i try to mount it i get this error:

mount: /dev/scd0 is not a valid block device

here are the entries in my modules.conf:

options ide-cd ignore=hdd
pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi

any ideas? thanks in advance! :)

check your /etc/fstab and see what it's described as. the link could be bad. in my vector it was supposed to be called /dev/cdrom -> /mnt/hdd, and it was /dev/cdrom -> /mnt/hdc, so i changed to link and it's all better now. check your /etc/fstab to see what it's called.

none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,code
page=850,umask=0 0 0
none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepa
ge=850,umask=0 0 0

the scd0 is my burner and the hdd is my dvd. so check your /etc/fstab for lines like this.

i finally figured it out! and you were right, it had something to do with the /etc/fstab. i just added this new entry:

/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdwriter iso9660 defaults

it works now! it automatically mounts during boot up! this is great! thanks for the help :)