Message: 3
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:16:53 -0800 (PST)
From: kishor bhagwat <aaaaarrrgghhh@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] CD ROM problems Kernel 2.4.7-10
To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in


--- Anand Iyer <akiyer@vsnl.com> wrote:

My CDROm drive Samsung CD writer  RW 8.4.32 is recognised
by the kernel, 
but when i try to mount the CDROm, I get a message
/dev/cdrom improper device or device does not exist.
I have the following line in lilo.conf
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
This used to work and still works on Caldera with kernel
2.4.2 (PCQuest 
CD's)loaded in another partition.

the append line in your lilo.conf means that scsi emulation
is used for your drive(cd burning programs require it).
try mounting /dev/scd0 as your cdrom drive..

regards,
kishor