Re: mounting cdrom and dvd

From: Andreas Janssen (andreas.janssen_at_bigfoot.com)
Date: 08/31/03 

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 10:34:05 +0200

Hello

Carlos (<garciasuarez@ya.com>) wrote:

> I have a dvd-rom and read write CD in my Red Hat 8 box.
>
> When mounting
>
> mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>
> only the dvd-rom is mounted.
>
> How can I mount the rw drive in a directory like /mnt/cdrom1 ?

1. Make a directory in /mnt where you want to mount the device
2. Find out the device file of your drive:
IDE drives:
        Primary Master: /dev/hda
        Primary Slave: /dev/hdb
        Secondary Master: /dev/hdc
        Secondary Slave: /dev/hdd

SCSI drives or IDE drives with IDE SCSI emulation:
        From /dev/scd0 on

Do cat /proc/scsi/scsi or cdrecord -scanbus to check if your writer is
setup with ide scsi emulation (very probably it is).

Now mount the device:

mount /dev/yourdevice /mnt/yourdir

You can also make a symbolic link pointing to the real device file like
/dev/cdrom is:

cd /dev
ln -s yourdevice cdrw

and then mount it

mount /dev/cdrw /mnt/yourdir

Also, check your /etc/fstab, probably there is already an entry for your
drive.

bets regards
        Andreas Janssen 

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