CD0 Auto-Mount

[adolescent]

I don't always have my CD-ROM attached or powered due to desk space, and the fact that I don't use a lot of CDs.  What I'd like to do is conditionally mount CD0 only if the device is present.  

Anyone?

My setup is A1200, Blizzard SCSI, external SCSI CD-ROM, OS3.9BB2 + CacheCDFS

[Orjan]

Open CLI, and type "Mount cd0"...

[Spidey]

Hello adolescent,

Do you get error-messages when you don't have your CD-ROM connected? (this would be strange!)

Anyway, you could drag CD0 from your Devs:DOSDrivers dir into Workbench.
In this way CD0 will not be activated untill you doubleclick on the icon in Workbench.

Bye,

Spidey  

[Naeem]

do you have a HD in your setup - just wondered.

I seem to recall something on aminet that said it'd mount the Cd device if it existed or boot as normal if it didnt.

Have a look in the the cdrom dir of aminet.

[adolescent]

@Orjan

Obviously this works, but it's not "auto" like I asked for.

@Spidey

Yes, I get an error saying the device is not found at bootup if the CD0 device is in DEVS:DOSDrivers.  (Note:  the CD-ROM drive itself is turned off or disconnected, this is the standard behavior I've seen on all of my Amigas)

@Naeem

I'll go check again.  If you remember the name, then post it up here.

[mgerics]

P**p, I'm at work so I can't check what it is; I have an executable that checks for the presenece of a device; it returns an error code you can check to load the driver or not. Will check when I get home. Used in user-startup.

[adolescent]

I just found it.  Limiting my Aminet search to just the CDROM tree was the problem.  The utility I'm using is ExistsSCSIDEV.  Works like a charm, will also work with my Zip drive if I choose to hook it up.