By default, the Dreamlinux configuration assumes that you will using only one CD or DVD drive.

Note: From 2.2 MM Edition the system will start to detect two or more drivers automatically.

Howeaver, if you have two drives you must modify the configuration files so that both are correctly mounted.

It is very simple to do:

First open the Utilities folder then click on the Disks icon.

If there are two CD or DVD drives they will both appear together in the disks management screen.

Select the first drive and you will find the device properties on the right. In this example it is the first drive, /dev/hdc.

Select the other drive and view the properties. In this example it is /dec/hdd.

Now navigate from the root filesystem to the /mnt folder, and create a folder called "cdrom2" or "dvd2".
It can be whatever name you want your drive to be called.

Open the Terminal and type:

sudo ln - s /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom2 (or dvd2, or whatever you named your drive)

Now find the fstab file that it is in /etc:

Right click on fstab and open it in mousepad.

At the end of the file add a new line of code. In this case we will add cdrom2, however yours will be whatever you chose to name it:

/dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 auto ro,user,noauto, 0 0

Save the file and restart the computer, then place a CD in each drive. Two icons for the drives should appear on the
Desktop as well as in the left panel of your File Manager.

Tip:

It might be necessary to set the preferences in your media applications (ex. XMMS)
as to which drive it will have to use to read a CD. Put for the correct device as such: /mnt/cdrom.


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