Red Hat General - CD drives dont work

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CD drives dont work

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

Hi all
I'm a nOOB to linux and using Red Hat Hat9.
Ive learnt from Red Hat 7.3 that right clicking on
desktop enables cds/ floppy's to be mounted.
This doesnt work in RH9
The drives are 'recognised' during the boot sequence,
I installed Red Hat from cd!

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> Hi all
> I'm a nOOB to linux and using Red Hat Hat9.
> Ive learnt from Red Hat 7.3 that right clicking on
> desktop enables cds/ floppy's to be mounted.
> This doesnt work in RH9
> The drives are 'recognised' during the boot sequence,
> I installed Red Hat from cd!

open a xterm and type: mount /mnt/cdrom
if you get trouble, check that the cdrom is in the /etc/fstab, if not add the
line for it or run kudzu.

//Aho

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> Hi all
> I'm a nOOB to linux and using Red Hat Hat9.
> Ive learnt from Red Hat 7.3 that right clicking on
> desktop enables cds/ floppy's to be mounted.
> This doesnt work in RH9
> The drives are 'recognised' during the boot sequence,
> I installed Red Hat from cd!

open a xterm and type: mount /mnt/cdrom
if you get trouble, check that the cdrom is in the /etc/fstab, if not add the
line for it or run kudzu.

//Aho

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> Hi all
> I'm a nOOB to linux and using Red Hat Hat9.
> Ive learnt from Red Hat 7.3 that right clicking on
> desktop enables cds/ floppy's to be mounted.
> This doesnt work in RH9
> The drives are 'recognised' during the boot sequence,
> I installed Red Hat from cd!

open a xterm and type: mount /mnt/cdrom
if you get trouble, check that the cdrom is in the /etc/fstab, if not add the
line for it or run kudzu.

//Aho

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:41:45 +0200, J.O. Aho wrote:

quote:

> zaskar wrote:
>
> open a xterm and type: mount /mnt/cdrom
> if you get trouble, check that the cdrom is in the /etc/fstab, if not add the
> line for it or run kudzu.
>
>
> //Aho

I'm having problems with kudzu and have turned it off
My fstab file looks like this
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0
0
Where do I add lines for my cd & dvd drives?

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:41:45 +0200, J.O. Aho wrote:

quote:

> zaskar wrote:
>
> open a xterm and type: mount /mnt/cdrom
> if you get trouble, check that the cdrom is in the /etc/fstab, if not add the
> line for it or run kudzu.
>
>
> //Aho

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:41:45 +0200, J.O. Aho wrote:

quote:

> zaskar wrote:
>
> open a xterm and type: mount /mnt/cdrom
> if you get trouble, check that the cdrom is in the /etc/fstab, if not add the
> line for it or run kudzu.
>
>
> //Aho

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:17:57 +0100, zaskar typed:

quote:

> Where do I add lines for my cd & dvd drives?

First find if they are available for use;

dmesg | grep CD or maybe; dmesg | grep DVD

Example;
$ dmesg | grep CD

Sample output (partial only showing the first line of each device);

hdc: Acer720 CD-ROM, ATAPI CD-ROM drive

hdd: UJDA720 DVD/CDRW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

Then add the device to /etc/fstab using your choice of editor as root,
example entries for IDE devices the device below;

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0

/dev/hdd /mnt/DVD udf,is09660 noauto,users,ro 0 0

Make sure that the mountpoint(s) exists before attempting to mount the
device(s); ls /mnt

If not, as root, create the as per the example above;

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mkdir /mnt/DVD

Extra points for reading the manpages; dmesg mkdir, mount and fstab

--
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Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:17:57 +0100, zaskar typed:

quote:

> Where do I add lines for my cd & dvd drives?

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:17:57 +0100, zaskar typed:

quote:

> Where do I add lines for my cd & dvd drives?

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:10:00 +0000, Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:17:57 +0100, zaskar typed:
>
>
> First find if they are available for use;
>
> dmesg | grep CD or maybe; dmesg | grep DVD
>
> Example;
> $ dmesg | grep CD
>
> Sample output (partial only showing the first line of each device);
>
> hdc: Acer720 CD-ROM, ATAPI CD-ROM drive
>
> hdd: UJDA720 DVD/CDRW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

Thanks here's my results:

$ dmesg | grep CD
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
This seems a bit lacking info to me but I may be wrong

$ dmesg | grep DVD
No output on this one

The cd rom is a Liteon model and the dvd is a Toshiba

quote:

>
> Then add the device to /etc/fstab using your choice of editor as root,
> example entries for IDE devices the device below;
>
> /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> /dev/hdd /mnt/DVD udf,is09660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> Make sure that the mountpoint(s) exists before attempting to mount the
> device(s); ls /mnt
>
> If not, as root, create the as per the example above;
>
> mkdir /mnt/cdrom
> mkdir /mnt/DVD
>
> Extra points for reading the manpages; dmesg mkdir, mount and fstab

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:10:00 +0000, Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:17:57 +0100, zaskar typed:
>
>
> First find if they are available for use;
>
> dmesg | grep CD or maybe; dmesg | grep DVD
>
> Example;
> $ dmesg | grep CD
>
> Sample output (partial only showing the first line of each device);
>
> hdc: Acer720 CD-ROM, ATAPI CD-ROM drive
>
> hdd: UJDA720 DVD/CDRW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

quote:

>
> Then add the device to /etc/fstab using your choice of editor as root,
> example entries for IDE devices the device below;
>
> /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> /dev/hdd /mnt/DVD udf,is09660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> Make sure that the mountpoint(s) exists before attempting to mount the
> device(s); ls /mnt
>
> If not, as root, create the as per the example above;
>
> mkdir /mnt/cdrom
> mkdir /mnt/DVD
>
> Extra points for reading the manpages; dmesg mkdir, mount and fstab

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:10:00 +0000, Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:17:57 +0100, zaskar typed:
>
>
> First find if they are available for use;
>
> dmesg | grep CD or maybe; dmesg | grep DVD
>
> Example;
> $ dmesg | grep CD
>
> Sample output (partial only showing the first line of each device);
>
> hdc: Acer720 CD-ROM, ATAPI CD-ROM drive
>
> hdd: UJDA720 DVD/CDRW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

quote:

>
> Then add the device to /etc/fstab using your choice of editor as root,
> example entries for IDE devices the device below;
>
> /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> /dev/hdd /mnt/DVD udf,is09660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> Make sure that the mountpoint(s) exists before attempting to mount the
> device(s); ls /mnt
>
> If not, as root, create the as per the example above;
>
> mkdir /mnt/cdrom
> mkdir /mnt/DVD
>
> Extra points for reading the manpages; dmesg mkdir, mount and fstab

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:18:59 +0100, zaskar typed:

quote:

> Thanks here's my results:
>
> $ dmesg | grep CD
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> This seems a bit lacking info to me but I may be wrong
>
> $ dmesg | grep DVD
> No output on this one
>
> The cd rom is a Liteon model and the dvd is a Toshiba

Model numbers? Where/how are they connected? Does your BIOS see them?

http://linux-bangalore.org/articles/smart-questions.php

--
SCO + RICO Act = Justice

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:18:59 +0100, zaskar typed:

quote:

> Thanks here's my results:
>
> $ dmesg | grep CD
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> This seems a bit lacking info to me but I may be wrong
>
> $ dmesg | grep DVD
> No output on this one
>
> The cd rom is a Liteon model and the dvd is a Toshiba

Model numbers? Where/how are they connected? Does your BIOS see them?

http://linux-bangalore.org/articles/smart-questions.php

--
SCO + RICO Act = Justice

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:18:59 +0100, zaskar typed:

quote:

> Thanks here's my results:
>
> $ dmesg | grep CD
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> This seems a bit lacking info to me but I may be wrong
>
> $ dmesg | grep DVD
> No output on this one
>
> The cd rom is a Liteon model and the dvd is a Toshiba

Model numbers? Where/how are they connected? Does your BIOS see them?

http://linux-bangalore.org/articles/smart-questions.php

--
SCO + RICO Act = Justice

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:10:00 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Thanks here's my results:
>
> $ dmesg | grep CD
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> This seems a bit lacking info to me but I may be wrong
>
> $ dmesg | grep DVD
> No output on this one
>
> The cd rom is a Liteon model and the dvd is a Toshiba

AHA, SCSI, then it should be /dev/scd0 for the first device (the lowest
id-number) and /dev/scd1 for the second (higher id-number) and so on.

scd = scsi cd-rom

//Aho

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:10:00 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Thanks here's my results:
>
> $ dmesg | grep CD
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> This seems a bit lacking info to me but I may be wrong
>
> $ dmesg | grep DVD
> No output on this one
>
> The cd rom is a Liteon model and the dvd is a Toshiba

AHA, SCSI, then it should be /dev/scd0 for the first device (the lowest
id-number) and /dev/scd1 for the second (higher id-number) and so on.

scd = scsi cd-rom

//Aho

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:52 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:10:00 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Thanks here's my results:
>
> $ dmesg | grep CD
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> This seems a bit lacking info to me but I may be wrong
>
> $ dmesg | grep DVD
> No output on this one
>
> The cd rom is a Liteon model and the dvd is a Toshiba

AHA, SCSI, then it should be /dev/scd0 for the first device (the lowest
id-number) and /dev/scd1 for the second (higher id-number) and so on.

scd = scsi cd-rom

//Aho

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:21:33 +0000, Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:18:59 +0100, zaskar typed:
>
>
> Model numbers? Where/how are they connected? Does your BIOS see them?
>
> http://linux-bangalore.org/articles/smart-questions.php

The bios see's them and Ive just had a look at the linux hardware browser
Which comes up with;

Lite-on LTR-24102B
Driver: None or built in
Device: /dev/scd0
And
Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R1002
Driver: None or built in
Device: /dev/hdd

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:21:33 +0000, Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:18:59 +0100, zaskar typed:
>
>
> Model numbers? Where/how are they connected? Does your BIOS see them?
>
> http://linux-bangalore.org/articles/smart-questions.php

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:21:33 +0000, Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:18:59 +0100, zaskar typed:
>
>
> Model numbers? Where/how are they connected? Does your BIOS see them?
>
> http://linux-bangalore.org/articles/smart-questions.php

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:47:03 +0100, zaskar typed:

quote:

> The bios see's them and Ive just had a look at the linux hardware
> browser Which comes up with;
>
> Lite-on LTR-24102B
> Driver: None or built in
> Device: /dev/scd0
> And
> Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R1002
> Driver: None or built in
> Device: /dev/hdd

Good, now you have enough information to add the entries in /etc/fstab and
create the mountpoints for the drives if needed.

Example /etc/fstab entries;

/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0

/dev/hdd /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0

If you do not have the mountpoints (/mnt/cdrom and /mnt/dvd) as root from
the console or xterm session create them;

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mkdir /mnt/dvd

Feel free to make changes if desired.

For the details read the manpages;
man fstab
man mount
man mkdir

--
SCO + RICO Act = Justice

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:47:03 +0100, zaskar typed:

quote:

> The bios see's them and Ive just had a look at the linux hardware
> browser Which comes up with;
>
> Lite-on LTR-24102B
> Driver: None or built in
> Device: /dev/scd0
> And
> Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R1002
> Driver: None or built in
> Device: /dev/hdd

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:47:03 +0100, zaskar typed:

quote:

> The bios see's them and Ive just had a look at the linux hardware
> browser Which comes up with;
>
> Lite-on LTR-24102B
> Driver: None or built in
> Device: /dev/scd0
> And
> Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R1002
> Driver: None or built in
> Device: /dev/hdd

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +0000, Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:47:03 +0100, zaskar typed:
>
>
> Good, now you have enough information to add the entries in /etc/fstab and
> create the mountpoints for the drives if needed.
>
> Example /etc/fstab entries;
>
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> /dev/hdd /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> If you do not have the mountpoints (/mnt/cdrom and /mnt/dvd) as root from
> the console or xterm session create them;
>
> mkdir /mnt/cdrom
> mkdir /mnt/dvd
>
> Feel free to make changes if desired.
>
> For the details read the manpages;
> man fstab
> man mount
> man mkdir

Thank you very much for all this help ;)
One more nOOb
question whats the best editor for fsab
Ive tried emacs but find that long entries overlap onto the next field?

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +0000, Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:47:03 +0100, zaskar typed:
>
>
> Good, now you have enough information to add the entries in /etc/fstab and
> create the mountpoints for the drives if needed.
>
> Example /etc/fstab entries;
>
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> /dev/hdd /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> If you do not have the mountpoints (/mnt/cdrom and /mnt/dvd) as root from
> the console or xterm session create them;
>
> mkdir /mnt/cdrom
> mkdir /mnt/dvd
>
> Feel free to make changes if desired.
>
> For the details read the manpages;
> man fstab
> man mount
> man mkdir

Thank you very much for all this help ;)
One more nOOb
question whats the best editor for fsab
Ive tried emacs but find that long entries overlap onto the next field?

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +0000, Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:47:03 +0100, zaskar typed:
>
>
> Good, now you have enough information to add the entries in /etc/fstab and
> create the mountpoints for the drives if needed.
>
> Example /etc/fstab entries;
>
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> /dev/hdd /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
>
> If you do not have the mountpoints (/mnt/cdrom and /mnt/dvd) as root from
> the console or xterm session create them;
>
> mkdir /mnt/cdrom
> mkdir /mnt/dvd
>
> Feel free to make changes if desired.
>
> For the details read the manpages;
> man fstab
> man mount
> man mkdir

Thank you very much for all this help ;)
One more nOOb
question whats the best editor for fsab
Ive tried emacs but find that long entries overlap onto the next field?

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for all this help ;)
> One more nOOb
> question whats the best editor for fsab
> Ive tried emacs but find that long entries overlap onto the next field?

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for all this help ;)
> One more nOOb
> question whats the best editor for fsab
> Ive tried emacs but find that long entries overlap onto the next field?

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for all this help ;)
> One more nOOb
> question whats the best editor for fsab
> Ive tried emacs but find that long entries overlap onto the next field?

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for all this help ;)
> One more nOOb
> question whats the best editor for fsab
> Ive tried emacs but find that long entries overlap onto the next field?

I used Kwrite to edit my fstab but then again i'm just another noob like
you and had to figure this out too, took me 3 days :S
.. But Kwrite got the job done, now all i have to do is figure out how
they get mounted automatically. but that's the next lesson i'm gonna
take :P.

Have fun learning, I'm gonna do another complete reinstall as i've
screwed up some install/updates to get this damn burning program to do
as i please.

cya

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for all this help ;)
> One more nOOb
> question whats the best editor for fsab
> Ive tried emacs but find that long entries overlap onto the next field?

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for all this help ;)
> One more nOOb
> question whats the best editor for fsab
> Ive tried emacs but find that long entries overlap onto the next field?

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

> zaskar wrote:
> I used Kwrite to edit my fstab but then again i'm just another noob like
> you and had to figure this out too, took me 3 days :S
> . But Kwrite got the job done, now all i have to do is figure out how
> they get mounted automatically. but that's the next lesson i'm gonna
> take :P.
>
> Have fun learning, I'm gonna do another complete reinstall as i've
> screwed up some install/updates to get this damn burning program to do
> as i please.
>
>
> cya

Haha a reinstall is the best way for nOObies to rectify problems they
created, I did 4 in one week ;)
Ive found this regarding fstab may be usefull
http://www.slackware.com/book/index...urce=x2280.html
Enjoy it

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

> zaskar wrote:
> I used Kwrite to edit my fstab but then again i'm just another noob like
> you and had to figure this out too, took me 3 days :S
> . But Kwrite got the job done, now all i have to do is figure out how
> they get mounted automatically. but that's the next lesson i'm gonna
> take :P.
>
> Have fun learning, I'm gonna do another complete reinstall as i've
> screwed up some install/updates to get this damn burning program to do
> as i please.
>
>
> cya

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

> zaskar wrote:
> I used Kwrite to edit my fstab but then again i'm just another noob like
> you and had to figure this out too, took me 3 days :S
> . But Kwrite got the job done, now all i have to do is figure out how
> they get mounted automatically. but that's the next lesson i'm gonna
> take :P.
>
> Have fun learning, I'm gonna do another complete reinstall as i've
> screwed up some install/updates to get this damn burning program to do
> as i please.
>
>
> cya

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Haha a reinstall is the best way for nOObies to rectify problems they
> created, I did 4 in one week ;)
> Ive found this regarding fstab may be usefull
> http://www.slackware.com/book/index...urce=x2280.html
> Enjoy it
>
>

thx for the link, but there's nothing there i didn't already know after
3 days of research :P

4 in 1 week??? try 2 on the same day how noob can you be :D oh well,
some day maybe i'll be able to answer the questions i'm putting in here
for others who are getting tired of those windows security patches every
day. I'll ad the site you posted to my knowledge if the mini-me isn't
comming out next week

good luck on the learning and keep posting maybe we can help each other
out MWAHAHAHAHAHA

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Haha a reinstall is the best way for nOObies to rectify problems they
> created, I did 4 in one week ;)
> Ive found this regarding fstab may be usefull
> http://www.slackware.com/book/index...urce=x2280.html
> Enjoy it
>
>

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

zaskar wrote:

quote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Haha a reinstall is the best way for nOObies to rectify problems they
> created, I did 4 in one week ;)
> Ive found this regarding fstab may be usefull
> http://www.slackware.com/book/index...urce=x2280.html
> Enjoy it
>
>

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:27:40 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

>
>
> zaskar wrote:
> thx for the link, but there's nothing there i didn't already know after
> 3 days of research :P
>
> 4 in 1 week??? try 2 on the same day how noob can you be :D oh well,
> some day maybe i'll be able to answer the questions i'm putting in here
> for others who are getting tired of those windows security patches every
> day. I'll ad the site you posted to my knowledge if the mini-me isn't
> comming out next week
>
> good luck on the learning and keep posting maybe we can help each other
> out MWAHAHAHAHAHA

It was those security flaws that tempted me over to Linux.
I got that welchia worm sometime ago;)
Although I got rid of the worm something else had got in causing havoc
with internet exploder.
This proved to me how bad anti-virus is, I installed about 5 in one day
and none found anything. A whole day wasted, the next day I formatted it.
No matter how new you are to linux your still one step above your Windows
buddies, knowing your computer is imune to Microsoft Viri.
Keep at it, its go to get easier?

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:27:40 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

>
>
> zaskar wrote:
> thx for the link, but there's nothing there i didn't already know after
> 3 days of research :P
>
> 4 in 1 week??? try 2 on the same day how noob can you be :D oh well,
> some day maybe i'll be able to answer the questions i'm putting in here
> for others who are getting tired of those windows security patches every
> day. I'll ad the site you posted to my knowledge if the mini-me isn't
> comming out next week
>
> good luck on the learning and keep posting maybe we can help each other
> out MWAHAHAHAHAHA

zaskar

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:27:40 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

>
>
> zaskar wrote:
> thx for the link, but there's nothing there i didn't already know after
> 3 days of research :P
>
> 4 in 1 week??? try 2 on the same day how noob can you be :D oh well,
> some day maybe i'll be able to answer the questions i'm putting in here
> for others who are getting tired of those windows security patches every
> day. I'll ad the site you posted to my knowledge if the mini-me isn't
> comming out next week
>
> good luck on the learning and keep posting maybe we can help each other
> out MWAHAHAHAHAHA

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs typed:

quote:

> Have fun learning, I'm gonna do another complete reinstall as i've
> screwed up some install/updates to get this damn burning program to do
> as i please.

What's the burning program and what's the problem.

--
SCO + RICO Act = Justice

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs typed:

quote:

> Have fun learning, I'm gonna do another complete reinstall as i've
> screwed up some install/updates to get this damn burning program to do
> as i please.

What's the burning program and what's the problem.

--
SCO + RICO Act = Justice

Lenard

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs typed:

quote:

> Have fun learning, I'm gonna do another complete reinstall as i've
> screwed up some install/updates to get this damn burning program to do
> as i please.

What's the burning program and what's the problem.

--
SCO + RICO Act = Justice

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs typed:
>
>
>
>
>
> What's the burning program and what's the problem.
>
>

the burning program is standard RH9 Gnome toaster and the xroast
programs provided with standard rh9 install, 1st it doesn't recognise my
burner (plexwriter 40/12/40) on toaster so nothing to do in here am
trying to update cdrtools from source but it keeps telling me this a
couple of times :

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/cdrtools-2.0/conf'
.../RULES/rules.cnf:56: ../incs/i686-linux-cc/Inull: No such file or
directory
.../RULES/rules.cnf:57: ../incs/i686-linux-cc/rules.cnf: No such file or
directory

and then gave me an error at the end, don't know what anymore

but i found the solution allready for this item, just had to install
mkisofs and update cdrecord first. Now it compiles just fine just gotta
check if it works, but the wife is calling for some quality time, so
i'll post it tomorrow if any problems occur.

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

Lenard wrote:

quote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:21:36 +0000, Gertjan Roelofs typed:
>
>
>
>
>
> What's the burning program and what's the problem.
>
>

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

> the burning program is standard RH9 Gnome toaster and the xroast
> programs provided with standard rh9 install, 1st it doesn't recognise my
> burner (plexwriter 40/12/40) on toaster

Let me make a wild guess, you have a IDE burner?
You need to use the IDE-SCSI module, as all the burning programs are written
for SCSI-burners/cdroms/dvds.

You need to edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf and there you will find a line like

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=/dev/hda2

Change that to something like

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=/dev/hda2 hde=ide-scsi

As I have the possibility to have 8 IDE devices on my system, I have my burner
as hde, but usually on default computer system it's hdc. To check whats your
id, do a 'ls -l /dev/cdrom', this will give you a result like
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Oct 24 2002 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc

After you rebooted and the IDE-SCSI module has been loaded, your cd-burner
will have changes device and will be /dev/scd0 (next one would be /dev/scd1),
so you may have to modify your /etc/fstab or relink the /dev/cdrom symlink,
but that should kudzu handle for you (not everyone lets kudzu be run in the
bootup, as turning it off speeds up the bootup a lot).

//Aho

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

> the burning program is standard RH9 Gnome toaster and the xroast
> programs provided with standard rh9 install, 1st it doesn't recognise my
> burner (plexwriter 40/12/40) on toaster

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

> the burning program is standard RH9 Gnome toaster and the xroast
> programs provided with standard rh9 install, 1st it doesn't recognise my
> burner (plexwriter 40/12/40) on toaster

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

J.O. Aho wrote:

quote:

> Gertjan Roelofs wrote:
>
>
>
> Let me make a wild guess, you have a IDE burner?
> You need to use the IDE-SCSI module, as all the burning programs are
> written for SCSI-burners/cdroms/dvds.

hmmmm ok that information was unknown and probably the main reason i
couldn't get it to work

quote:

> You need to edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf and there you will find a
> line like
>
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=/dev/hda2
>
> Change that to something like
>
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=/dev/hda2 hde=ide-scsi
>

what is the danger of editing grub.conf? mine looks like this, it's a
standard install without updates whatsoever

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img

so this means i've gotta change the
....ro root=LABEL=/ into ...ro root=/dev/hda2 hdd=ide-scsi ???

just wanna be sure as i'm guessing messing up the grub.conf will screw
up my grub loader (hdd is my burner)

another question, how come the other program cdroast does recognize my
dvd-player and burner and toaster doesn't?

Gertjan Roelofs

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

J.O. Aho wrote:

quote:

> Gertjan Roelofs wrote:
>
>
>
> Let me make a wild guess, you have a IDE burner?
> You need to use the IDE-SCSI module, as all the burning programs are
> written for SCSI-burners/cdroms/dvds.

hmmmm ok that information was unknown and probably the main reason i
couldn't get it to work

quote:

> You need to edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf and there you will find a
> line like
>
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=/dev/hda2
>
> Change that to something like
>
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=/dev/hda2 hde=ide-scsi
>

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

> J.O. Aho wrote:
>
>
>
> hmmmm ok that information was unknown and probably the main reason i
> couldn't get it to work
>
> what is the danger of editing grub.conf? mine looks like this, it's a
> standard install without updates whatsoever
>
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> # root (hd0,0)
> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
> # initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/
> initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
>
> so this means i've gotta change the
> ...ro root=LABEL=/ into ...ro root=/dev/hda2 hdd=ide-scsi ???

No, you don't have to do that at all, I use device names instead of lables, as
this will cause a lot less troubles while having many different installations
installed at the same time, if you use lables, then the grub don't know which
device '/' it would mount as root.

You could just add an new entry in your grub.conf (it's not that dangerous to
edit, as you can always make a temporary change from the grubloader when you
boot).

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) with IDE-SCSI
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img

By default the grub will load the one without the IDE-SCSI modlue (as the
first entry is number 0 and second is 1, modify your default value if it works)

quote:

> another question, how come the other program cdroast does recognize my
> dvd-player and burner and toaster doesn't?

Maybe those have got some minor IDE support with the massive windows user
invation after releases like RH8/RH9, and then it's to difficult for those to
load the IDE-SCSI module.

//Aho

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

> J.O. Aho wrote:
>
>
>
> hmmmm ok that information was unknown and probably the main reason i
> couldn't get it to work
>
> what is the danger of editing grub.conf? mine looks like this, it's a
> standard install without updates whatsoever
>
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> # root (hd0,0)
> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
> # initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/
> initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
>
> so this means i've gotta change the
> ...ro root=LABEL=/ into ...ro root=/dev/hda2 hdd=ide-scsi ???

quote:

> another question, how come the other program cdroast does recognize my
> dvd-player and burner and toaster doesn't?

Maybe those have got some minor IDE support with the massive windows user
invation after releases like RH8/RH9, and then it's to difficult for those to
load the IDE-SCSI module.

//Aho

J.O. Aho

2004-01-23, 6:53 pm

Gertjan Roelofs wrote:

quote:

> J.O. Aho wrote:
>
>
>
> hmmmm ok that information was unknown and probably the main reason i
> couldn't get it to work
>
> what is the danger of editing grub.conf? mine looks like this, it's a
> standard install without updates whatsoever
>
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> # root (hd0,0)
> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
> # initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/
> initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
>
> so this means i've gotta change the
> ...ro root=LABEL=/ into ...ro root=/dev/hda2 hdd=ide-scsi ???

quote:

> another question, how come the other program cdroast does recognize my
> dvd-player and burner and toaster doesn't?

Maybe those have got some minor IDE support with the massive windows user
invation after releases like RH8/RH9, and then it's to difficult for those to
load the IDE-SCSI module.

//Aho

Phil Nelson

2004-01-23, 6:54 pm

On or about 09/28/2003 05:50 AM PDT, J.O. Aho wrote:

quote:

> Gertjan Roelofs wrote:
>

A whole bunch of SCSI arcana excised here...
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
>
>
> Maybe those have got some minor IDE support with the massive windows
> user invation after releases like RH8/RH9, and then it's to difficult
> for those to load the IDE-SCSI module.
>
>
>
> //Aho
>

I am running xcdroast-0.98alpha14-1 on my Red Hat 8 box, and it has
burned quite a few CDs on a TDK CDRW4800B.

I didn't want to deal with SCSI emulation, so I waited until someone
came up with a fix, which they did, a few months ago. No problems
except all the warning messages telling me it probably won't work.

The other front-ends may not support IDE, but X-CD-Roast does. I might
have had to update mkisofs or the like, but that wasn't too hard with
rpmfind.net.

I admit that X-CD-Roast isn't the easiest interface to learn, but it
works well enough. I don't know if it will talk to your Plexwriter.

--
Phil Nelson

Phil Nelson

2004-01-23, 6:54 pm

On or about 09/28/2003 05:50 AM PDT, J.O. Aho wrote:

quote:

> Gertjan Roelofs wrote:
>

A whole bunch of SCSI arcana excised here...
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
>
>
> Maybe those have got some minor IDE support with the massive windows
> user invation after releases like RH8/RH9, and then it's to difficult
> for those to load the IDE-SCSI module.
>
>
>
> //Aho
>

Phil Nelson

2004-01-23, 6:54 pm

On or about 09/28/2003 05:50 AM PDT, J.O. Aho wrote:

quote:

> Gertjan Roelofs wrote:
>

A whole bunch of SCSI arcana excised here...
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
>
>
> Maybe those have got some minor IDE support with the massive windows
> user invation after releases like RH8/RH9, and then it's to difficult
> for those to load the IDE-SCSI module.
>
>
>
> //Aho
>

TheMax

2004-01-23, 6:55 pm

Phil Nelson wrote:

quote:

>
> On or about 09/28/2003 05:50 AM PDT, J.O. Aho wrote:
>
>
> A whole bunch of SCSI arcana excised here...
>
>
> I am running xcdroast-0.98alpha14-1 on my Red Hat 8 box, and it has
> burned quite a few CDs on a TDK CDRW4800B.
>
> I didn't want to deal with SCSI emulation, so I waited until someone
> came up with a fix, which they did, a few months ago. No problems
> except all the warning messages telling me it probably won't work.
>
> The other front-ends may not support IDE, but X-CD-Roast does. I might
> have had to update mkisofs or the like, but that wasn't too hard with
> rpmfind.net.
>
> I admit that X-CD-Roast isn't the easiest interface to learn, but it
> works well enough. I don't know if it will talk to your Plexwriter.
>
>

ok, i updated gtoaster (after yet another new install :S), and it works
now, still having the mp3 => audio cd issue, but that's another post,
first read the info i've gathered :P thx for the help dewds.

TheMax

2004-01-23, 6:55 pm

Phil Nelson wrote:

quote:

>
> On or about 09/28/2003 05:50 AM PDT, J.O. Aho wrote:
>
>
> A whole bunch of SCSI arcana excised here...
>
>
> I am running xcdroast-0.98alpha14-1 on my Red Hat 8 box, and it has
> burned quite a few CDs on a TDK CDRW4800B.
>
> I didn't want to deal with SCSI emulation, so I waited until someone
> came up with a fix, which they did, a few months ago. No problems
> except all the warning messages telling me it probably won't work.
>
> The other front-ends may not support IDE, but X-CD-Roast does. I might
> have had to update mkisofs or the like, but that wasn't too hard with
> rpmfind.net.
>
> I admit that X-CD-Roast isn't the easiest interface to learn, but it
> works well enough. I don't know if it will talk to your Plexwriter.
>
>

TheMax

2004-01-23, 6:55 pm

Phil Nelson wrote:

quote:

>
> On or about 09/28/2003 05:50 AM PDT, J.O. Aho wrote:
>
>
> A whole bunch of SCSI arcana excised here...
>
>
> I am running xcdroast-0.98alpha14-1 on my Red Hat 8 box, and it has
> burned quite a few CDs on a TDK CDRW4800B.
>
> I didn't want to deal with SCSI emulation, so I waited until someone
> came up with a fix, which they did, a few months ago. No problems
> except all the warning messages telling me it probably won't work.
>
> The other front-ends may not support IDE, but X-CD-Roast does. I might
> have had to update mkisofs or the like, but that wasn't too hard with
> rpmfind.net.
>
> I admit that X-CD-Roast isn't the easiest interface to learn, but it
> works well enough. I don't know if it will talk to your Plexwriter.
>
>