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> I was able to mount it just fine as /dev/hdc.

> I have, for several months now been using it successfully with xcdroast
> to burn CD's identified as a SCSI CD drive using the ide-scsi emulation.

> The drive is /dev/sg0 currently, but I am unable to mount it as I was
> when it was an ide drive.

> mount -t iso9660 /dev/sg0 /mnt/cdrom

> results in:

> mount: /dev/sg0 is not a block device

> Here are the permissions:
> crw-------    1 michael  sys       21,   0 Aug 24  2000 /dev/sg0

> As I said, it works fine with xcdroast.  What am I doing wrong?

> All help appreciated.

> Thanks,

> Michael

> > I was able to mount it just fine as /dev/hdc.

> > I have, for several months now been using it successfully with xcdroast
> > to burn CD's identified as a SCSI CD drive using the ide-scsi emulation.

> > The drive is /dev/sg0 currently, but I am unable to mount it as I was
> > when it was an ide drive.

> > mount -t iso9660 /dev/sg0 /mnt/cdrom

> > results in:

> > mount: /dev/sg0 is not a block device

> > Here are the permissions:
> > crw-------    1 michael  sys       21,   0 Aug 24  2000 /dev/sg0

> > As I said, it works fine with xcdroast.  What am I doing wrong?

> > All help appreciated.

> > Thanks,

> > Michael

> Try mounting it as root first at /dev/scd0 after you have the ide-scsi stuff
> running.  I have exactly the same cdrw and what I did was create a symbolic
> link from /dev/cdrom to /dev/scd0. You may want to check the default
> permissions on /dev/scd0.