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cdrom mounting problem

>I am using Slackware 3.2 and UMSDOS partition.
>it seems that whenever i do :
>
>    mount  /dev/mcd  /cdrom
>
>it never works. it seems to be saying:
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>    Kernel does'nt recognize device (/dev/mcd).
>                                   (????? device)
>
>or something like that. i can't really examine the problem
>extensively but if someone encountered a similar experience >please HELP me! i have a lot of CD's to
>examine (sunsite.ums.edu) ftp on them.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>-Bromone4

It's me again.
When I boot up the kernel, it says:

    "Checking for CD... Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
     no CD found..."

And also this is the EXACT message I get when i type:

darkstar:~# mount /dev/mcd /cdrom  <ENTER>
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/mcd as a block        device. (maybe `insmod driver'?)

Maybe now someone can help me. (I need that darn CD!)

Thanks, Bromone4
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Two things:

1. Make sure that you /dev/mcd matches your CD-ROM type.  The newer CD-ROM are IDE drives, so they go under /dev/hd?.

2. If /dev/mcd is really what you want, make sure you recompile your kernel to include support for MCD CD-ROM drives.  This is most likely the problem, since the kernel doesn't recognize the device.  If you are not familiar with compiling the kernel, see the CD-ROM HOWTO and the Kernel HOWTO at:

http://www.ecsnet.com/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html

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I need more adequate help than that. I have lots 'o' stuff on CD,
including WINE, and well, other junk. (Doom2, QUake...).
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In your comment (since I only get it from email, I'll include it here):

I really think that UMSDOS has many things to do with it.  Once before I had RedHat 3.0.3 with Kernel 1.2.xx and 'mcd' worked fine. I had no troubles, but also I had it on its own partition.(1.5 gig).

By the way, i am also having trouble with DIP. I can't login to the net! (now I am using Win95). I need to download things (eg. sQuake) in Linux format. (I tried in Win95. tar don't work there) so anyways, i hope you can help me there also. Here is the error message using a modified /usr/doc/dip/samples/sample.dip script (reproduction not exact):

<CODE> Failed at waiting for Password entry... </CODE>

or i don't know.

also when i installed Slackware 3.1, I used mcd=0x320,11.
so shouldn't that be in the Kernel already? just a thought.

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Whether the driver is included in the kernel depends on which kernel you used.  The kernel I had from Slackware 3.1 did not recognize my CD-ROM at all until I recompile the kernel.

As for the dip, can you set up a new question and post your dip script?  Posting what you usually get in a manual login (login prompts, etc) would help.