Re: [coLinux-devel] Re: mounting cdrom

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erlend Slettevoll" <sle...@st...>
To: "Sean Brook" <sea...@so...>
Cc: "keksov" <ke...@gm...>; <col...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:38 PM
Subject: [coLinux-devel] Re: mounting cdrom


| > 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>
| > When I try to mount a cdrom through that device my system
| > just reboots. I think this is to expected because NT does not
| > let software access hardware directly (at least it did not used
| > too, ie HAL).
| 
| Ok... I'm back with a little update. I'm now able to mount raw
| cdrom-devices using \Device\Cdrom<x>. I had some problems with my
| DVD-drive at first, but when I turned off autoplay
I would prefer if my system allowed me access to \Device\Cdrom<x>
but again, it reboots. I have autoplay off btw

| (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/tips/february/knox1.asp),
| everything goes smooth. I'm unable to mount if the drive is accessed by
| explorer or any other program, and the drive is inaccessable from XP when
| mounted in linux (no surprises here).
| 
| You claim it's possible to mount devices in a non-raw way using
| \DosDevices\<drive letter>, but I've not been able to do this. 
This is the only way I can do it. I think that it is interesting that our
experience is the complete opposite. Again, AFAIK this is not raw
access.

If it's
| then mounted through some windows-driver, shouldn't it be able to access
| drives already mounted by XP in that way too (both harddisks and cdroms)?
Exactly. Though I personally wont be doing that on a hard disk.

| 
| --Erlend
| 
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