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  • From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] why can't I find /dev/cdrom
  • Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:22:07 +0000 (UTC)

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Prof. Mladen Pavicic wrote:


Hi!

I've also got a similar problem on IBM ThinkPad 365X
(PII, 133MHz). I tried all combinations: hdb, hdc, ..
sda, .... It worked under Win95 (now dismantled -
only BL3 is on the laptop).

dmesg|less

Look for a line about a CD-ROM driver and it will tell you if it is hdb, hdc, sda, etc. Or watch carefully when it is booting to linux.


The machine does not see the cdroom while booting
either and I had to use a special program on a
floppy which made the machine see the cdrom (I do not
remember the name of the program).

DOS smart boot manager (SBM), which I think you can install to hard drive instead of using it from floppy disk.

I used that to boot from CD-ROM on my 100MHz Toshiba laptop.

On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 06:57:38AM +1200, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

So,could anyone tell me how to find cdrom under /dev?

I think this is a QEMU issue (not a BL3 issue). There is
(I think) a command in QEMU for activating HDs and CDroms.
BL3 will not be able to see the CDrom until QEMU makes it
available.
Then you will need to do the BL3 insmods for the CDrom
(see /etc/rc) and then mount the CDrom.

Could you explain to me what is QEMU and how can I
activate the CDROM with the help of it?
How to "do the BL3 insmods for the CDrom"
and I do not understand what can I see in /etc/rc

Could you please help me?

Thanks, Harry.


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