Swtich form cdrom to laptop

bfkeats · 06-21-2003, 09:49 AM

I have external cdrom and floppy drives for my laptop. I can access whichever one was connected when I boot up, but I can't switch and mount the new one without rebotting. Is there a way to detect new hardware without rebooting? (preferably from the command line)

Thanks,

BFK

XavierP · 06-22-2003, 07:51 AM

Have you tried unmounting whatever is plugged in, switching it and the mounting?

ie umount /dev/cdrom (or whatever it is)
mount /dev/floppy

bfkeats · 06-22-2003, 08:21 AM

If I do that the device is not there in /dev. If I boot up with the cdrom attached, I can remove it, attach the floppy drive, run hwbrowser, and then moun the floppy. If I don't boot with the cdrom attached though, I can't get linux to recognise it.

BFK

XavierP · 06-22-2003, 08:28 AM

Have you tried here?

This is a site specifically for Linux on a laptop - you may be able to fnd help for your particular model.

bfkeats · 06-22-2003, 08:39 AM

Thanks for the help.

BFK