[ltp] cd-rw: can write but can read or mount

[gustavo]

Glyn Kennington wrote:

>gustavo wrote:
>
>> Today iI added the module 'sg.o' in order to use mi cd-writer. I was 
>>compile it and added it to '/etc/modules' and
>>after it writed in the blank cd (with 'xcdroast').
>>  My problem is that now I can't mount the cdrom. What can be the problem???
>>
>
>Do you have the sr_mod module compiled and loaded, too?  You need that to read
>SCSI CD-roms.
>
>
>>if I link the '/dev/cdrom' to '/dev/scd0' and try to mount the cdrom I 
>>receive:
>>    > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
>>
>
>Once you've done a `modprobe sr_mod', this should no longer happen.
>
  Yes I added it and now is OK.
 Thanks

>
>
>>If back the original link to '/dev/cdrom' to 'hdc' when I try to mount 
>>it I receive:
>>    > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
>>       or too many mounted file systems
>>       (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
>>       ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)
>>
>
>hdc is the IDE device.  The kernel is suggesting that if you're using ide-scsi,
>then you don't want to try to read this device (whatever it is) through the IDE
>device.  And it's suggesting sr0/sda instead of scd because it doesn't know
>it's meant to be a CD-rom.
>
>Glyn
>
>

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Regards.
gustavo halperin
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