Quote Originally Posted by jshah329
Kernel version: 2.6 (uname -a responds: "Linux box 2.6.5 #1 SMP Sat May 1 22:31:22 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux")
OK. I wish there was a mandatory 'Learn this first' when it comes to mounting drives. (Don't worry not your fault). We use so many symlinks and such that the user often doesn't know what the REAL name of the drive is. SO I'll tell you.

Primary Master- /dev/hda
Primary Slave- /dev/hdb
Secondary Master- /dev/hdc
Secondary Slave- /dev/hdd

So your cdrom drive is one of those. Try this:
Code:
mount /dev/hdb /cdrom
Of course you'll need to have a data disc in the drive to mount it!

Realize that the mount point is trivial. It really doesn't matter. You could do this:
Code:
mkdir /stupid
mount /dev/hdb /stupid
As long as you're accessing a REAL device and utilizing a mount point that actually exists you can mount pretty much any drive to any mount point.


I'm assuming that my drives are mounted in /dev/dvd and /dev/cdrom
Let's find out.
Code:
ls -al /dev/dvd
ls -al /dev/cdrom
That tells you what the symlinks (/dev/dvd & /dev/cdrom) are actually pointing to. Why do we use symlinks? Well.....most apps expect your cdrom or dvd-rom or cd-rw or whatever to be called /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd and this way we have uniformity. How to create a symlink?

ln -s (real device) to (symbolic name)
Code:
ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/dvd
Lol about the archos, I suppose the info you ask for would help...
Its a USB connection. I know it works when I have it plugged in at startup, but can I make it work if I just plug it in (I know this worked in other distros, like Xandros)

Thanks again!
OK someone else will have to help out w/ that one as I really dislike automount and simply don't use it.