4x6 IDE CDROM

Karl Majer (majer@etnalabs.com)
Wed, 6 Aug 1997 20:04:03 -0400 (EDT)

Hi guys... Im looking to get my NEC 4x6 drive working with my sytem. I have
compiled the ATAPI/CDROM cdrom drive support into my Redhat 2.0.27 kernel,
added support for the iso9660 file system type and on boot, the system see's
the cd drive.

<dmesg>
...
hdb: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:252, ATAPI CDROM drive
...

I can load a cd into slot 3, and then mount it with

#mount /dev/hdb /cdrom

and it works fine for a single cd. How do I get the cdrom to acknowledge
the other 3 slots?

trying to mount any other hdb slice gives the following error:

root@lancelot:/dev] mount -tiso9660 /dev/hdb3 /cdrom
mount: block device /dev/hdb3 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb3,
or too many mounted file systems
root@lancelot:/dev]

and regardless of the partition i tell it to try and mount, only slot 3's
light flashes.

While I think I posted this in the right place, if this isnt, then feel free
to flame...

thanks...

Karl