Re: CD RW question

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 11:55:58AM +0100, M.Schild wrote:
> Sorry to come back with my problem but how do I mount my CDRW drive? I
> have no problem with cdrom and floppy but CDRW says:
> 
>   wrong type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom1/
> 
> I have tried clicking on the icon, or mount /cdrom1  or mount /dev/cdrom1
> =always the same message.
> 
> What is wrong? Thanks ( KDE RH7.3)
> 
> Maryse

To what device is /dev/cdrom1 linked?  To find out:

  ls -l /dev/cdrom1

Then determine if that is the correct device.  Here is a handy table:

/dev/hda = master on primary controller
/dev/hdb = slave on primary controller
/dev/hdc = master on secondary controller
/dev/hdd = slave on secondary controller

If it is linked to the wrong drive, change it (say, to /dev/hdd) this
way:

  ln -sf /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom1

Cheers,
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