Primary master = hda - Windoze Hard Drive Primary slave = hdb - Linux Hard Drive Secondary master = hdc - CD reader Secondary slave = hdd - CD writer the fstab is as follows: /dev/hda1 /windows/C vfat noauto,user 0 0 /dev/hda5 /windows/D vfat noauto,user 0 0 /dev/hda6 /windows/E vfat noauto,user 0 0 /dev/hda7 /windows/F vfat noauto,user 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0 2 /dev/hdb3 / ext2 defaults 1 1 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/cdrom2 /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 Leah Cunningham wrote:
Julia,
Could you send a copy of your current fstab file? I can tell you what line to add then. Do you know which controllers both drives are on (eg: Primary master = hda, Primary slave = hdb, Secondary Master = hdc, etc.)
Leah
- > Hi - > - > Yeah, I am a newbie, but I know a little bit - > - > yeah I know a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, seeing as after - > trying to use YAST to configure the second CD drive now I can't mount - > either. ho hum. - > - > dmesg tells me that linux correctly identifies my CD drives - > - > but /etc/fstab/ only has one listed as cdrom - > - > I added a line in stab so it knows I've got cdrom1 and cdrom2 - > - > but when I try and mount them I get the error: - > - > can find /dev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab so I guess I need to change - > fstab - > - > any tips on what I need to add to fstab? I'll need the whole line - > please - > - > both CDs are ATAPI, one is a reader and the other a rewriter - > - > ta - > - > Julia - > - > PS I called Suse linux tech support about this but the guy didn't know - > what to do - > - > - > EagleIce wrote: - > > - > > Have you checked the file /etc/fstab? - > > If you find an entry for two CD drives then it's there. - > > You can also write this at a terminal prompt: - > > you@prompt:~ > dmesg - > > and you will get a list of info on your hardware. - > > If you don't know what the [censored] I'm talking about then you obviously - > > are a 'newbie', in that case you should say so for us to know how we shall - > > put our answers. We've all been newbies (at least) once......:-) - > > - > > What kind of a CD drive is the one you don't find? (SCSI, burner?) - > > How do you know your Linux doesn't see it? - > > Give us all the info you got . - > > - > > Cheers, - > > - > > ei - > > - > > On Wednesday 10 January 2001 16:29, Julia Maddocks wrote: - > > > I have two CD drives, a reader and a writer - > > > - > > > Linux only sees one of these - how do I persuade it to see the other - > > > too? - > > > - > > > Julia