Re: [Nolug] /dev/scd0 is not a valid block device

Alex <alex@boxchain.com> writes:

Try /dev/sr0 . That's how my cdrw is mounted. Perhaps the scsi block cd
drive dates back to 1994. I don't know the answer to that one.

How I knew to attach using /dev/sr0 (in addition to cd burner howto
info)
bash-2.05b$ dmesg | grep sr
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 16x/16x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

> OK, I really don't understand how block devices work. I have an
> external CD burner, (1394), that works great through cdrecord. I
> can't seem to mount the thing, though. I used to be able to, but
> after a combination of unplugging and replugging the cord, compiling a
> new kernel, and other random system modifications, I get this when
> trying to mount
>
> I had set all this up to work about a year ago, and I don't remember
> how I did it, because I didn't understand what I did. So a few
> questions:
>
> --How can the date be 1994...I built this system in 2002.
> --How can I make sense of what is being used, and how, in the /dev
> structure?
> --Is there a set of instructions for NON-programmers that explains this?
>
> TIA...A
>
> root ~# mount /mnt/cdwrite/
> mount: /dev/scd0 is not a valid block device
>
> root ~# grep cdwr /etc/fstab
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdwrite iso9660 noauto,user,rw 0 0
>
> root ~# cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord 1.11a24 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
> Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.6'
> scsibus1:
> 1,0,0 100) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX160E ' '1.0e' Removable CD-ROM
>
> root ~# ll /dev/scd0
> brw-r----- 1 root disk 11, 0 Jul 18 1994 /dev/scd0
>
> --
> Alex McKenzie alex@boxchain.com http://www.boxchain.com
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