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What's missing here is the kernel/boot disk you are using to boot linux.
In the Slackware distribution, I believe there are 2 scsi boot disks
(maybe more).  Check the Installation or Distribution HOWTOs to find the
correct boot disk to use.  I believe all the SCSI boot disks have SCSI
CDROM support compiled in.  If you have linux working, try recompiling
a kernel with all the correct support (both for your particular SCSI
controller AND for SCSI CD-ROMs).  You might also check the symbolic
link that is /dev/cdrom to make sure it is pointing to the /dev/scd0
(I think!) device, or just try mounting the /dev/scd0 device directly,
as alluded to in an earlier response.  

If you haven't compiled a kernel before, get the appropriate HOWTO
docs and check the readme's in /usr/src/linux.  And don't have too
much fun without me.  Especially when you make 1 mistake configuring
the kernel and get to reanswer all the questions...

Hope that helps,

Mike Leiter


Ben Thomas (bthomas@promansys.co.nz) wrote something that went a little like:
) In article <DM5r6o.LyK@lziss3.lincroftnj.ncr.com>, Amitava Dutta <ad> wrote:
) >I am not able to install linux from
) >cd-rom.
) >The system is
) >   486 VLB with AMI (11/92) bios
) >   Promise EDIE 2300+ controller
) >   Maxtor and Conner IDE disks
) >   NEC SCSI-2 cd-rom drive
) >   Jazz sound card with integrated
) >      rom-less Future Domain 8xx scsi controller. 
) >   I tried at the boot prompt
) >      ramdisk tmc8xx=0xCA00,11
) >   and it allows me to login as root.
) >   However, when I try to mount the cd-rom
) >   with, for example
) >      mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/<cdrom> /mnt
) >   it complains that 
) >      /dev/<cdrom> is not a block device
) >   [ of course the directory entry says it 
) >     is a block device ]
) >   I have tried with all the cd* device files
) >   I could locate.


) I have a virtually the same problem with a CHINON 525 SCSI drive and Adaptec 
) 1522a controller.  The common elements to the above are that I am using EIDE 
) HDDs and SCSI CD-ROM.  Linux complains that it is not a block device or the 
) scsi bus times out.

) I am using the Slackware 3.0 November 1995 edition.

) The CD-ROM drive works fine under NT and WIN95.

) I have linux working by copying the software off CD using Win95, 
) booting from disk, and mounting the DOS drive.

) Linux works fine, I just can't mount the CD - which is a real pain.

) Any help greatly appreciated.

) Ben.