what sort of device is a cdrom

bigV · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 10:02 am Post subject: what sort of device is a cdrom

Hi all

I am trying to mount my cdroms drives but have no idea what sort of devices they are :oops:

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I have looked through /dev but to no avail.

The two cdroms are IDE Liteon CDRW.
Any suggestions??

thanks

StuBear · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 10:35 am Post subject:

They are ide devices (unless you installed scsi emulation) and they will most probably be found under /dev/cdroms/ as cdrom0 and cdrom1.

They are symlinked back to /dev/ide/

bigV · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:07 am Post subject:

I have no /dev/cdrom or /dev/ide
I guess I have missed them out in the kernal config!!

Is it best to install scsi emulation??

StuBear · Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:03 pm Post subject:

It used to be necessary to compile scsi emulation in the kernal if you wanted to burn cds. However the newest version of cdrecord allows you to burn cds without scsi emulation, BUT it's in alpha, so it may make coasters instead of cds.

I'd suggest for present ot use scsi-emulation unless you are willing to lose a few cds while burning.

For plain cd usage then ide is just fine,