Paul Tansom, 2001-Sep-03 17:11 +0100:
> OK, this may be simple and I'm missing something basic - I hope so! - but how
> do you get the CDROM mounted when you insert it after you have booted without
> it? I have a Dell Latitude C600 and the BIOS recognises makes the CDROM
> available automatically, but I cannot mount it because hdc (where it usually
> sits) is not a valid block device. If I boot then remove and replace it all
> works fine. It's basic, I'm confinced I'm missing something basic!!!!
Good question. I have a Dell Lattitude CPx and I've run into
this too. I have not figured out how to mount it yet.
Some things I've tried:
insmod ide-cd
insmod cdrom (this should show that it's using ide-cd)
cd /proc/ide
drivers should show one for the cdrom, e.g. ide-cdrom version
4.58, and there should be a dir for ide1 with valid info in it.
I remember that /proc/devices didn't show device "22 ide1" and I
couldn't figure out how to add it.
I've been able to load the modules, but the /proc info was not
coming up, so mounting wouldn't work.
Once booting with the cdrom inserted, I can remove and replace as
much as I like, so I try not to reboot without the cdrom
inserted...which isn't a big deal since I haven't rebooted my
laptop in over 3 months [Man I love Debian!]
jc
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