Mounting SCSI CDdrive under debian

[BadGuy]

I want to mount it but it doesn't seem to work.

I am in the installing stages of debian but somehow some way it does not find the CD I booted from and have to install files from disk or network (both are not avaiable) I just want to install from the cd. How do I find out wich /dev/sdxx is my cd-rom drive? I tried most of them but none worked. Any idea's?

Btw I booted CD1 from debian from the same drive so it IS there and usable but somehow debian can't see it or mount it. Any idea's?

[mdwatts]

Does Debian have a installation bootdisk available that contains the drivers for your scsi controller?

Any of our Debianites know of this?

[matt95z]

mine mounts as scd1 not sd. Mine is a burner with scsi emulation not an actual drive.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by BadGuy
I want to mount it but it doesn't seem to work.

I am in the installing stages of debian but somehow some way it does not find the CD I booted from and have to install files from disk or network (both are not avaiable) I just want to install from the cd. How do I find out wich /dev/sdxx is my cd-rom drive? I tried most of them but none worked. Any idea's?

Btw I booted CD1 from debian from the same drive so it IS there and usable but somehow debian can't see it or mount it. Any idea's?

So this is the actual Debian installation and just attempting to copy a file from scsi cdrom?

Try changing to a VC during the installation.

ctrl-alt-[f2-f6]

and run dmesg.

Hopefully the VC will work and dmesg will display the correct device for the scsi cdrom.

[The Ennead IX]

I've had the same problem with Debian but hadn't got around to sorting it out until now.

As mdwatts said, dmesg will give you the location of the drive assuming it's being detected

scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: CD-RW GCE-8320B Rev: 1.01
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0


From there you need to edit /etc/fstab to read
/dev/sr0 /cdrom1 iso9660 user,noauto 0 2
/dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
Not sure about that last 2, if not try 0 :o

Whilst you're at it, edit the fstab entry for /dev/cdrom to read /dev/hdc (assuming your cdrom is the 1st device on the secondary cable) and that will cure the problem of your first drive not being seen.

For me that problem has existed since installation, if there is a cd in at boot it's fine, it sees the drive, but with no cd in it won't accept any commands to mount etc.

[BadGuy]

Well I solved it by using Slackware... Using the bare.i (standard kernel) it also wouldn't mount my scsi cd-rom drive. BUT with the scsi.s or scsi2.s kernel types it did work. And Slackware also detects the cd-rom drive on install