On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 08:55:00PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > >> > >> I am not sure if the the OS saw my new DVD drive (Benq)correctly. I also > >> have a CD drive in my machine. > >> > > >In *nix there are many different types of files: > >directories, data files, symbolic links, character devices, block > >devices, etc. > > > >You need to determine what the actual block device name for your dvd is. > >If the cdrom or dvd drive was detected and udev didn't create a symbolic > >link to /media/ then you need to make sure that: > >1) the device was detected > >2) figure out if udev has the correct rule to make a symbolic link for > >it. > > > >you can do #1 by looking in /var/log/dmesg or /va/log/messages with > >grep CD /var/log/dmesg > > OK I did this one: > > spc2-burn3-0-0-cust329:/var/log# grep CD /var/log/dmesg > hdc: BENQ DVD DD DW1650, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > It has found my DVD machine..... it lives on hdc......... > > How do I turn this into a command for apt-cdrom???? > > I tried some stuff here but I don't know what I am doing properly. > <snip> > spc2-burn3-0-0-cust329:/dev# apt-cdrom -d/dev/hdc add > Using CD-ROM mount point /dev/hdc/ > Unmounting CD-ROM > Please insert a Disc in the drive and press enter > Mounting CD-ROM > E: Unable to stat the mount point /dev/hdc/ - stat (20 Not a directory) > E: Unable to stat the mount point /dev/hdc/ - stat (20 Not a directory) > E: Failed to mount the cdrom. > > OK, I am ignorant, please help me. > > hdd: LITE-ON LTR-48246K, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33) > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 > hdd: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33) > Hi Michael, this says that you have 2 optical drives: /dev/hdc is a 48 speed dvd-rom /dev/hdd is a 48 speed cd-r/rw so, either its; apt-cdrom --cdrom=/dev/hdc add or apt-cdrom --cdrom=/dev/hdd add
step #1 open the drive step #2 put cd/dvd in drive step #3 issue the command step #4 hit any key step #5 the command will close the drive step #6 the drive light will blink step #7 it will read the data and finish -Kev ps. > spc2-burn3-0-0-cust329:/var/log# grep CD /var/log/message > > grep: /var/log/message: No such file or directory my mistake, its /var/log/messages, not message -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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