> This identifies the CDROM as device 0,0,0 on the scsi devices. > > However, that is not used for mounting the cdrom filesystem but is used > for burning cds. > > mounting a cdrom filesystem should be done by a command such as "mount > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" > > > Have you changed anything since installing Linux? What version are you > running (FC1 or FC2)? This will affect how you access the cdrom. > > For example, when I install Linux the system defines the CDROM as > /dev/cdrom (the physical device is /dev/hdd) and the only module loaded > is ide-cd for it. If you changed the module loaded (added ide-scsi for > example) it will change the device used for mounting and for > accessing. It also disrupts automount and other functions. > > FC1 and FC2 are different in the way they handle CD burning. FC1 still > used ide-scsi, but FC2 does not (the change from the 2.4 kernel to the > 2.6 kernel was the cause). I am using FC2. Other than the updates from up2date I have not changed anything since the install. Thanks
