[HLUG] CD-Writer not detected

[John Hedges]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 05:32:40PM +0000, Emon wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I am a newbie running Slackware10.2. 
> I just installed Slackware10.2 on my friend's PC. I also custom
> compiled the kernel(2.6.13) for him. The problem is, he has got
> a CD-Writer(IDE) and a CD-Drive(IDE), but only the CD-Drive is
> listed in the /etc/fstab, the CD-Write is nowhere to be found!!
> So what should I do to make Slackware detect the CD-Writer, and
> do I need to have any particular kernel option enabled??
> 
> Thanks
> Emon
> 

Hi Emon

The kernel should be fine, especially if one drive is already working.
Edit /etc/fstab and, using the existing cdrom line as an example, add a
new line for the cd writer. Change the device to reflect the cdw's
device (/dev/hda = primary master, /dev/hdb = primary slave, /dev/hdc =
secondary master and /dev/hdd = secondary slave). Change the mount point
(an empty directory where the writer is to be mounted) too. I don't know
where Slackware puts mount points, /mnt or /media maybe, so choose
something like /mnt/cdrw or /media/cdrw. Create the mount point using
mkdir and try to mount a cd.

My fstab entries look like this:

# primary slave - device /dev/hdb, mount point /media/cdrom1
/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom1   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
# secondary slave
/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0

Cheers

John