Re: CD changers

Erik Andersen (andersen@inconnect.com)
Fri, 6 Mar 1998 09:24:05 -0700 (MST)


On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Wakko Warner wrote:

> Is there anyway to mount all of the discs in an IDE cd changer without
> having to unmount, change slots, then mount again?
>
> I have tried to use IDE-SCSI, but the kernel only finds 1 lun on the changer
> (and I'm not familiar with scsi, altho I could mount the cd as a scsi cd)
>
> I was thinking about using /dev/hdx1 as slot 1, /dev/hdx2 as slot 2 ...
>
> It's just an idea.
>
> P.S. I'm not using 2.1.x until all the bugs (like umsdos, etc) are fixed.
>
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The short answer here is no. There is currently no way to mount more
than one slot of a CD changer at the same time. I don't know how to
make it possible either.

-Erik

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