Install SCSI CD in A2000

[Etherweet]

you should have a cd0 icon somewhere.  im at work and the way mine is laid out i have a "storage" directory for stuff i dont want mounted.

now that im trying to contribute, i cant remember where the unused icons are.  but os 3.1 has them... somewhere

so hopefully they are in devs:dosdrivers.  

 wb3.1 icon, then devs, then dosdrivers.

click the cd0 icon 1 time, then go to the top of the screen on the menu bar and click on ICON.

a drop down menu appears...
 
click information.

a window opens with details about cd0:

if your cdrom is device 6, then you want to make sure it has the scsi device and id correct.

you would click on the text for device and unit one at a time so they go into the edit box.

change them to the proper settings and hit return so the edit box is empty and the new information is listed.

do the same for device driver.  if you have a commodore 2091 then it would be the same.. .scsi.device.

then click save.

if you have a different scsi controller look in devs for some kind of scsi device and edit accordingly

you can actually double click on the cd0 icon and it will mount the drive - even if there is no cd in there.

if a disc is in  an icon for the cd pops up on the workbench with its name.

to wrap things up you can put the cd0 icon in devs:dosdrivers and it will mount at every boot - but on a 2091 you have to wait 30 seconds for the machine to figure out the cdrom mountpoint is not coming back if the drive is empty.

i leave a "frozen" archive cd of my entire 2000 filesystem in there so it will boot quicker and have a good copy of everything handy.

you can use the drive to burn cds.  my 2000 will do a burn as long as i make an image (iso) file first then burn the image (iso) direct.

the deal with a stock 2000 is trying to process all the .info (icon) files and crowded directories like fonts.

it may take some wrangling and a few colorful metaphors but it can be done.

[Etherweet]

look on aminet for scsilister and even scsimounter.

but first a lot of people use id 5 for a reader only or a zip disk and id 6 for cd burners.

it doesnt matter as long as you dont have the id as 7 which is most scsi controllers or 0 which is most boot drives.

if it just sits there then maybe you have both your boot drive and cdrom on the same address.

also there are some scsi connectors out there that will actually go in the wrong way becasue they arent keyed (have that bump in the middle) the red stripe on the ribbon should be closest to the power connector 99 % of the time.

i use makecd too - i had a very tiny part in getting it to work with jvc burners when patrik ohly was creating it.

here is my cd0: file

7> type cd0
/* AmiCDROM filesystem */

 Handler = L:cdrom-handler
 Stacksize = 10000
 Priority = 10
 GlobVec  = -1
 Mount = 1
 Startup = "DEVICE=scsi.device UNIT=6 ML R"
7>

this can actually be appended to devs:mountlist but be SURE you have a # at the top of the file and # at the very bottom.  look at the other device specs in the file and it will help you.

keep your chin up

[Etherweet]

you can not write the changes to a read only cdrom (device)

you dont need to save any changes in reference to the cdrom.  
you took care of it by making your icon (in reality a small text file) settings.

hdtoolbox usage wuill at least show you devices, but you only poke around in it for
hard drives scsi zip drives or the good ole syquest.  tape drives and cd drivew will always come up unknown and thats normal.

type "info" in a shell.  you should see something like this:

[root] Network:Users/root> info

Mounted disks:
Unit      Size    Used    Free Full Errs   Status   Name
CD0:      330M  169056       0 100%   0  Read Only  CDROM
RAM:      167K     167       0 100%   0  Read/Write Ram Disk
DH0:      300M  135826  480150  22%   0  Read/Write WB_3.1
DF0:      837K     761     997  43%   0  Read/Write Floyd
DF1:      837K     761     997  43%   0  Read/Write Pink
Boot:      22M    6449   40299  14%   0  Read/Write Boot
DH1:      202M   18635  396659   4%   0  Read/Write Network
DH2:      500M   69816  956182   7%   0  Read/Write U0
DH4:       10M      14   21584   0%   0  Read/Write Scratch
Temp:      33M   41853   26689  61%   0  Read/Write Temp
DH3:      200M  281673  129013  69%   0  Read/Write Work
IDH0:      95M   52434  144016  27%   0  Read/Write AZip-013

Volumes available:
Library [Mounted]
CDROM [Mounted]
Ram Disk [Mounted]
AZip-013 [Mounted]
Work [Mounted]
Temp [Mounted]
Scratch [Mounted]
U0 [Mounted]
Network [Mounted]
Boot [Mounted]
Pink [Mounted]
Floyd [Mounted]
WB_3.1 [Mounted]
[root] Network:Users/root>

it looks like you are busting your way into the nuts and bolts and fun of the amiga.