Getting two cd drives working

DJRAZZA · n00b Joined: 22 May 2003 Posts: 12

I'm new to Linux, and I was wondering if you guys could point me in the right directions on a few problems I've been having.

On my computer, I have two cd-rom drives. The first is a DVD-rom drive, the second a CD-RW. How can I get Linux to recognize/use both drives, and the full capabilities of both drives? Any help would be appreciated.

krusty_ar · Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 10:04 pm Post subject:

First of all, you don't need to do anything special to get them working (they already are).
if you are a little more specific about what you want to do, anyone here will be glad to help you.
Just remember that it's better if you pos one question per thread.
Good luck and wellcome to the linux experience :twisted:

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taskara · Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 11:30 pm Post subject:

your cd devices should be found according to their position on the ide bus.

are they primary masters or slaves ? secondary masters or slaves?

it maps out like this in linux:

primary ide master => /dev/hda
primary ide slave => /dev/hdb
secondary ide master => /dev/hdc
secondary ide slave => /dev/hdd

and then you should be able to make a mount point (such as /mnt/dvd or /mnt/burner - /mnt/cdrom is default)