Help me edit my fstab

Slovak · 11-26-2004, 09:14 AM

This is my current fstab...

/dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb1 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hdb6 /usr reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb7 /opt reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb8 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hda1 /fat-c ntfs ro 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,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

What I want to do is have both my cdroms recognized. From my dmesg I know this...
hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver.
hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
hdd: attached ide-cdrom driver.
hdd: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)

When I type "mount /dev/cdrom" or "mount /mnt/cdrom" I know it mounts my DVD-ROM, not the CD-ROM/CD-R/RW

I want both drives in the fstab and the dvdrom mount command to say dvdrom, not cdrom as it does now.

kevinatkins · 11-26-2004, 09:25 AM

Hi,

OK, what I'd do first here is to remove the symbolic link to your DVD drive (/dev/cdrom) - ie, as root -

Code:

#rm /dev/cdrom

then create two new symbolic links - /dev/dvd and /dev/cdrom, like this -

Code:

#ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd

Code:

#ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom

Now check your /mnt directory and create a 'dvd' subdirectory if it isn't already there (probably won't be)

then edit your fstab to add the dvd drive (the existing cdrom entry will now take care of your cd rom) - just add the following to the end of fstab -

Code:

/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0

And that should be it.. Make sure you check any apps that use the optical drives - eg, CD player, Xine/MPlayer, etc and correct any config parameters pointing
to CD drives, etc...

Slovak · 11-26-2004, 09:59 AM

Quote:

And that should be it.. Make sure you check any apps that use the optical drives - eg, CD player, Xine/MPlayer, etc and correct any config parameters pointing
to CD drives, etc... [/B]

How do I check config parameters?

kevinatkins · 11-26-2004, 10:12 AM

Hello,

Quote:

How do I check config parameters?

You'd do that from within the application in question. Eg. in Xine, there is a means of editing its setup. Then you'd want to check /edit any lines that point to optical drives for audio CD playback; DVD playback; VCD playback, etc. You just need to make sure that the correct drives are being used - in fact, I think that the defaults are exactly what I've suggested, so you should be OK anyway.