I added a new dvd reader/writer today, a Sony DRU/500A. Unlike all the other CD type drives, this one is NOT SCSI, but IDE. The only other IDE device I have in this box is my Zip 250 which is identified as hdc4. The Zip 250 is cabled as master and the DVD as slave. My question is do I name this as hdc5 since the zip has taken the number 4, hdc3 because the zip demands the number 4 for some reason I don't understand, or something different for some other reason I don't understand. tia, dave present fstab is as shown below: /dev/sdb3 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/sdb1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/cd-rw /cd-rw auto rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/dvd /dvd auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 /dev/fd1 /floppyold auto noauto,user 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 /windows/C vfat noauto,user 0 0 /dev/sdb2 swap swap defaults 0 2 /dev/hdc4 /zip vfat noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/hde1 /hardcard auto rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/sde1 /mnt/MMC-SD auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 /dev/sdf1 /mnt/SmartMedia auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 /dev/sdg1 /mnt/CompactFlash auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 /dev/sdh1 /mnt/MemoryStick auto noauto,user,snyc 0 0 -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
I added a new dvd reader/writer today, a Sony DRU/500A. Unlike all the other CD type drives, this one is NOT SCSI, but IDE. The only other IDE device I have in this box is my Zip 250 which is identified as hdc4. The Zip 250 is cabled as master and the DVD as slave. My question is do I name this as hdc5 since the zip has taken the number 4, hdc3 because the zip demands the number 4 for some reason I don't understand, or something different for some other reason I don't understand.
based on your description, the dvd drive should be /dev/hdd. iirc (haven't had a zip drive in years), the reason the zip is hdc3 (thrid partition on secondary master ide device) is because of the way the disks are formatted. side question tho - if you only have the two ide devices, why not put one on the primary channel and one on the secondary? you'll get a bit better performance that way. -- trey
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David Johanson
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Trey Gruel