cdrom & multisession

[vittorio]

hi
i've a "tiny" linux distro and i need to mount a cdrom with multisession

when i try to mount the device with:

mount /dev/hdd -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom

i can't see the others sessions of the disc.

if i use /dev/cdrom
system reply that the device is not a block device.

please help!

[Doug Laidlaw]

vittorio wrote:

> hi
> i've a "tiny" linux distro and i need to mount a cdrom with multisession
>
> when i try to mount the device with:
>
> mount /dev/hdd -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom
>
> i can't see the others sessions of the disc.
>
> if i use /dev/cdrom
> system reply that the device is not a block device.
>
> please help!

I seem to remember reading somewhere that on a multisession CD-ROM, only the
most recent session is visible. I made the same comment to another post on
the same issue, so it has been raised before. You may find something by
searching Google Groups.

Doug.
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Registered Linux User No. 277548.
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about as accurate. Apologies for any typos that slip in. - Doug.

[Andreas Janssen]

Hello

Doug Laidlaw (<laidlaws@myaccess.com.au>) wrote:

>> i've a "tiny" linux distro and i need to mount a cdrom with
>> multisession
>>
>> when i try to mount the device with:
>>
>> mount /dev/hdd -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom
>>
>> i can't see the others sessions of the disc.
>>
>> if i use /dev/cdrom
>> system reply that the device is not a block device.

/dev/cdrom normally only is a symbolic link to the real device file.
Where does your /dev/cdrom point to?

> I seem to remember reading somewhere that on a multisession CD-ROM,
> only the
> most recent session is visible. I made the same comment to another
> post on
> the same issue, so it has been raised before. You may find something
> by searching Google Groups.

I think cdfs could be what he is looking for:

<http://www.elis.rug.ac.be/~ronsse/cdfs/>

best regards
Andreas Janssen

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[vittorio]

> /dev/cdrom normally only is a symbolic link to the real device file.

> Where does your /dev/cdrom point to?
>

if i don't going wrong /dev/hdd

my cdrom is slave on secondary ide

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is there an how-to that explain how linux use block devices and what's the
real mean of /dev/cdrom /dev/fdd0 /dev/fddh1440

thank you!