CD-ROM Problem

Forum: HD Install
Topic: CD-ROM Problem
started by: Nold

Posted by Nold on Aug. 21 2006,19:52

Hi,

DSL dosn't show my CD-Rom device!
normal its /dev/cdrom, isn'T is?

but there is no cdrom!

Thx for help Nold

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Aug. 21 2006,20:17

For mounting via gui, use the mount.app tool on the bottom right corner.

Via console, you can just cd into /mnt and see what was detected.
FYI, DSL uses scdX afaik (where X starts at 0)

Posted by Nold on Aug. 21 2006,20:35

He has found my floppy and my 2 Cd-roms... but if i open it, there is nothing inside...
and the floppy/cd-rom makens no noise, too...

EDIT:
If i use the Floppy Disk tool I can format my floppy... but he dosn't show what is on the floppy!

EDIT:
IS the mount app this thing in the right down corner?
if i klick on "Unmounted" under "cdrom1"
he say "mount:special device /dev/cdrom1 does not exist"

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Aug. 22 2006,01:23

- you have to mount the folders first, try "mount /mnt/<folder>" - if you're on a frugal/livecd fstab should have been already created.
- haven't used any kind of Floppy Disk tool before

How are you running DSL?

Posted by brianw on Aug. 24 2006,22:30

try these two commands from a terminal window with a cdrom in both drives (make sure you know what is on them so you can find out which cdrom is which):

sudo mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom

then open emlfm and look under /cdrom to see which CDROM was mounted.

once you know which cdrom that one is type

sudo umount /cdrom

make sure to to leave that directory in emlfm or the un mount will fail. Then type the command:

sudo mount /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom1

again use emlfm to make sure that the cdrom is the one you expect.

On a regular HD install the main CDROM will not show up in the mount tool because it is set in the fstab file to mount to /cdrom and the mount tool only shows devices which have entries in fstab that mount in the /mnt directory (the second cdrom should mount using the mount tool as you seen from your previous post it attempted to mount but it looked like you had the cd in the other drive).

there are different options you can take to get the main cdrom to show up in the mount tool depending on how you are running DSL.