CompWiz (compwiz@bigfoot.com)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:26:49 -0500 (EST)
OK, What I ended up doing is recompiling the kernel with some things built
in like paride support, but compiled the rest as modules, and it seems to
work fine.. Thanks anyway for your help.
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On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 grant@torque.net wrote:
> > I'm trying to use my backpack PD/CD drive with Linux 2.2.3.. I compiled
> > all the necessary parts into the kernel (not as modules, as builtins..)
>
> I'd strongly recommend using modules until you see how everything fits
> together.
>
> > At bootup, it seems to detect my backup OK because it gives me this message:
> >
> > paride: bpck registered as protocol 0
>
> That doesn't mean anything - just that the module was compiled into the
> kernel. (It's there to report the protocol number - in case somebody
> needs it.)
>
> Where there no messages at all from pf or pcd ? (If not, something
> wasn't built correctly.)
>
> > However, when I try to do a 'mount /dev/pcd0 /mnt/cdrom', it gives me the
> > following message:
> >
> > mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/pcd0 as a block device
> > (maybe `insmod driver'?)
>
> If you use modules, you get a chance to enable some debugging that will
> help us to help you.
>
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> Grant R. Guenther grant@torque.net
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