Fedora: scsi cdrom drives me crazy

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Ok, first, make sure all the ID's are correct, use your scsi controllers 
BIOS to check them out "<ctrl A>" at boot. If they are all set and all 
the devices show in there, they we can move on to the /etc/fstab file in 
Linux.
btw, Linux gets blamed for alot of things unfairly. The other day I had 
a guy go out and get an external serial modem in lieu of the pci 
hardware modem I had in his Linux box, he got hit with a power spike 
which fried the modem. Anyway the new modem worked when he installed the 
included windows software but he couldnt get it working in Linux to save 
his life. So, he finally broke down and called me for a service call. 
After a little digging, I found that his serial ports on the motherboard 
were DISABLED. I enabled them and then setup the modem no problem in 
Linux. Now remember, this modem was WORKING in windows!! I didnt bother 
to look but all I can imagine is that the software the he installed the 
modem with must have created some psuedo serial port or some such, who 
the hell knows. Anyway my point is this, just because it worked in 
windows, doesnt mean windows wasnt doing some round about jazz to make 
it work. I always stress to people to start with the hardware level and 
BIOS first, so start there.
  Then the fstab file is as mine;
/dev/hdc                /media/cdrecorder       auto    
pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0.
Now in your case, they should be /dev/sd? with sequential numbers for 
the amount of drives you have, make sure there all present, read you 
logs, etc. Make sure they all have mount points! Finally read the man 
page on mount for complete CURRENT explanations, for instance, the 
managed option works with the haldaemon, etc..
Start with that stuff and see if it helps....

Scott Fleming wrote:

>I've been searching for a HOWTO on getting my scsi cdrom tower to be
>available under fedora when it starts up, and have come up with a
>plethora of anything but this. 
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>Is there a HOWTO that I can't seem to find to get my 7 scsi cdrom drives
>working under linux? Winblows used to see the scsi drives with no
>problem whatsoever. 
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>I read a couple SCSI howto's and my eyes bled. I just need to know which
>files to edit to make my scsi cdroms avaiable, not mount, but available
>for mounting from my desktop. 
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>Any help on this would be appreciated.
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>Thank you,
>Scott 
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