Re: [coLinux-devel] mounting cdrom

[Sean B. <sea...@so...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clemmitt M. Sigler" <sig...@bl...>
To: "Sean Brook" <sea...@so...>
Cc: "keksov" <ke...@gm...>; "Erlend Slettevoll" <sle...@st...>;
<col...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [coLinux-devel] mounting cdrom


| On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Sean Brook wrote:
| > With iso9660 support I can mount a cdrom using a path through
| > \DosDevices\<drive letter>
| > This is not raw access AFAIK.  Windows has lots of keys to access the
| > same value with lots of redundancy in the registry.
| > AFAIK the raw way to a cdrom is accessed through:
| > \Device\Cdrom<x>
|
| I haven't had time to get elbow-deep in the source yet, so I don't
| understand this.  However, it would be a *big* help if someone who
| groks the XML config format could post a few sentences here or in
| the Wiki.  The biggest need I see is explaining access to raw hard
| disk partitions, CD-ROM and other IDE devices, and similar.  Is
| it path="\Device\HarddiskVolumeX", or is it
| path="\Device\HarddiskVolumeX\PartitionY", or what?

The value in 'path' is not a coLinux thing. It is a Windows thing.
Also:
| > Windows has lots of keys to access the
| > same value with lots of redundancy in the registry.
Whole branches of redundancy in fact.

|
| A great place to post this would be:
|
| http://www.colinux.org/wiki/index.php/index.php/coLinuxFAQ#A3
| http://www.colinux.org/wiki/index.php/index.php/ConfigurationXMLFormat
I agree. Though I think first we just started posting back here what
works and what doesnt. There is already incorrect information in
the wiki ;)

|
| Thanks in advance :^D
|
| Clemmitt
|
|
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