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Re: [Sheflug] CD-Recorder Configuration
Ian Wright writes:
> Hi Baz,
What about everyone else? :-)
>
> I have a similar problem with an RH6.2 system I have but I don't seem to be
> able to follow your suggestions. For a start I don't have a 'modules.conf'
> file - I do have a 'conf.modules' file but I'm not sure it is the same
> thing. Its present contents are as follows:-
conf.modules has been deprieciated in newer kernels (both 2.2.x and
2.4.x) in favour of modules.conf - you may have to update your
modutils RPM when you start using modules.conf.
> alias eth0 tulip
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
None of this lot has anything to do with your CDRW - these relate the
ethernet card and parallel port to the right modules for the kernel
(there's probably more to it, but it's good enough for this argument :-)
>
> My CD R/W drive is detected as hdd and a link exists in the /dev directory
> to make it seen as /dev/cdrom1 which is how it appears in my fstab file:-
>
> /dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom1 0 0
> /dev/hdb1 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
supermount?
> So, should I be putting the extra lines you suggest in my conf.modules file
> or should I create a new modules.conf file and do I have to change my fstab
> entry from /mnt/cdrom1 to /dev/hdd to make it conform? Anything else I
> should know?
Check the last post or two I made on this subject - it covers most
things - I just followed the CD-Writing HOWTO...
Cheers.
Baz.
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