Re: [TCLUG:18625] Lets have even more eOne fun.

[Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

Lord Xoi wrote:
> 
> > should that be something like `modprobe ide-cdrom' instead?  I guess you
> > should just look for the correct module by running
> 
> modprobe cdrom
> 
> modprobe : Can't locate module cdrom
> 
> modprobe ide-crom
> 
> modprobe : Can't locate module ide-cdrom

oops, my mistake..  perhaps you need to try `modprobe ide-cd'

> >> Are you sure your cdrom is hdc?
> >
> > this can be determined by looking at the boot logs, BTW.  Try running
> > `dmesg', or looking in the /var/log/dmesg or /var/log/messages files.
> 
> This is my messages file:
[snip messages]

Hmm, that looked very strange..  I didn't see (m)any ordinary boot
messages.  Perhaps all of that stuff got dumped into /var/log/dmesg. 
Either that, or run `dmesg' just after you boot..

In the boot messages, you should see something similar to this:

hdd: [model name], ATAPI CDROM drive
.
.
.
hdd: hdd: ATAPI CD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache

...if it's an ordinary IDE drive, at least..

> I did manage to get my floppy drive working with a simple:
> 
> mount /floppy
> 
> but
> 
> mount /cdrom
> 
> didn't work

Floppies have fairly standardized controllers (at least on x86), so it's
not surprising that it works.

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