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John Littler wrote:
> 
> Hi
> I've just got the infomagic December '96 CD set, I've set up Redhat 4.0
> OK, but The cd isn't automatically setup and I can't seem to get it to
> mount. I tried to mount it as HDD1 with type ISO9660, no good.There's no
> "atapi" or "CDROM" in the dev list, although there are some drivers for
> the proprietary cd's (sony cdu535 etc). There was no mount point setup
> in /mnt so I created a directory.

This is a pretty easy problem to fix.  What you need to know is that
ATAPI CDROM drives are connected to your computer the same way as hard
disks.  In fact linux uses the same device files for CD-ROMS and hard
disks.  What you need to know which IDE interface your drive is
connected to and if it is master or slave.  When you open up your
computer, if it is connected on the same cable as the hard disk, it is
probably the slave on the primary interface.  If it is connected to a
soundblaster, it is probable the master on the tertiary interface. 
Otherwise, it is probably the master on the secondary interface.

The mapping between physical devices and device file names (if you don't
already know) is this:
  Primary Master   - /dev/hda
  Primary Slave    - /dev/hdb
  Secondary Master - /dev/hdc
  Secondary Slave  - /dev/hdd
  Tertiary Master  - /dev/hde
  Tertiary Slave   - /dev/hdf

Then you can simply mount the cdrom with
  mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdx /mnt/cdrom
where hdx is the device file name.  If you really want, after this, you
can make a symbolic link from the device to one called cdrom:
  cd /dev
  ln -s hdx cdrom

I hope this clears up your problem.

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