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Home > Forums > MIS/IT > Operating Systems - UNIX based > SGI: IRIX Forum

Meidad and CD ROM

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stla (IS/IT--Management)

18 Aug 03 6:33

I would like to turn off mediad as it is causing problems with my tape device software.

If I edit the file in /etc/config/mediad and set it to 'off', will the CD Rom still work?

Best regards

irixfan (IS/IT--Management)

19 Aug 03 4:36

Yes, the CDROM will still work, but you have to mount it manually. For example:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/rdsk/dks0d7vol /CDROM
(See man mount).

Another solution could be to use the configuration file /etc/config/mediad.config. There is a command to ignore devices. Example of this file:
# ignore a tape device completely.
ignore device /dev/rmt/tps0d6
(man mediad for more information).

stla (IS/IT--Management)

19 Aug 03 6:09

Thanks.
My devices are all on SCSI 3 using device numbers 1,2 and 10. I have changed /etc/config/mediad.config to look like this. Does that look OK:

cat mediad.config
# ignore a tape device completely.
ignore device /dev/rmt/tps3d1

# ignore a tape device completely.
ignore device /dev/rmt/tps3d2

# ignore a tape device completely.
ignore device /dev/rmt/tps3d10

irixfan (IS/IT--Management)

20 Aug 03 3:48

It looks ok to me. (Take care you did not modify existing configuration options like sharing devices). Just try it by restaring mediad with commands
/etc/init.d/mediad stop
/etc/init.d/mediad start

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