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 Linux on PowerPC FAQ-O-Matic : Start Here! (Getting started/First day) :
Problems accessing CDs and floppies |
I can't get any audio CDs to mount and play. I can HAND mount one if it is a data CD, but not if it is audio. Do you have to use the MOUNT command to do this? If so, what specific string must be entered? Is there any way for Linux to see what kind of CD is in there (Windows, HFS, audio) and automatically mount it properly? The same goes for floppies -- do you have to hand mount a floppy (PC or Mac) every time you put one in? The autoeject feature does not seem to be working either for floppies. I installed the whole multimedia package when I installed Linux. I have a G3/266 desktop with an IDE CD-ROM. The mount utility (I think it's in the KDE package) doesn't do any better.
msnow@world.std.com |
Audio CD's can't be mounted, they have no filesystem structure only accessed. There are ways explained in this How-To-Section, I woun't repeat them here. One note however, if your CD-ROM device is located at say 'hdc' and you have problems getting the CD to be recognized instead of mounting or accessing the device at say '/dev/cdrom/' try '/dev/hdc/'. This worked for me on my PowerBook G3 Series.
nmincone@home.com |
A quick get around to mounting floppies is the "mtools" package which allows you
to copy files to and from DOS-formatted floppies (as well as read format, etc.) without having to mount.
You can get a list of mtools command by typig "mtools" and reading the man pages
of these commands. These are simply the DOS command precede by an "m" (mcopy, mdir, mformat, etc.)
The problem which I encountered with mtools (and for which I was never able to find any input from this FAQ or any mailing list) is that the floppy drive (/dev/fd0) will hang after issuing the first mtolls command :(. By trial and error I discovered the problem:
You need to edit "/dev/mtools.conf" and change the line
drive a: file="/dev/fd0" exclusive 1.44m mformat_only
to
drive a: file="/dev/fd0"
In other word, remove the "exclusive 1.44m mformat_only" bit and you'll be set.
Oh, by the way, you can also use mtools with zip disks by entering the appropiate line in "/dev/mtools.conf":
drive z: file="/dev/xxx4"
where xxx is whatever your zip drive device is (look for it at boot). The "4" specifies the fourth partition of this device. You can also create a soft link:
ln -s /dev/xxx4 /dev/zip
and use this instead. This allows you to also issue the command "eject zip". You then specify the letter of the device (as in DOS) when issuing an mtools command (no letter default to "a:"):
mcopy foobar a:foobar (copies to the floppy)
mcopy foobar z:foobar (copies to the zip disk)
jvelez@topaz.boisestate.edu
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Note regarding the previous answer:
The mtools configuration file is /etc/mtoos.conf (not /dev/mtools.conf).
douglasdd.SP@M.home.com |
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