Hi again, In fact, just like Ricardo said, my congrats to a person who wants to learn Linux starting by Gentoo :-) But, back to the problem:
Then, I insist at the point: As root, try to mount it manually and paste the output here: # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Certify that /mnt/cdrom exists. :-) []'s On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Norman Hakim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Norman, >> > >> > I am glad to know that you have chosen Gentoo as your >> first contact >> > with GNU/Linux. First of all, congratulations! having >> a working Gentoo >> > system without any previous Linux knowledge is a >> terrific start! >> > >> > I assumed that you knew what fstab is and how to >> modify that file >> > because it is explained in the Gentoo Handbook, which >> is the reference >> > to install this distribution. >> > >> > As explained in the Gentoo Handbook chapter 8 [1], you >> manually >> > created a text file under "/etc" called >> "fstab". This simple text file >> > contains all the necessary information to, let's >> say "auto-mount" your >> > different devices. >> > >> > This is my fstab, I post it here as an example: >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > /dev/hdc1 /boot >> > ext2 defaults,noatime >> 1 2 >> > /dev/hdc3 / >> > reiserfs noatime >> 0 1 >> > /dev/hdc2 >> > none swap sw >> 0 >> > 0 >> > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto >> noauto,ro,user 0 >> > 0 >> > /dev/floppy/fd0 /mnt/floppy >> > auto noauto,rw,user >> 0 0 >> > /dev/hda1 >> > /mnt/RIC vfat >> defaults,noatime,user >> > 0 0 >> > /dev/hdb2 /mnt/ZERO >> > vfat defaults,noatime,user >> 0 0 >> > /dev/sda1 >> > /mnt/USB auto noauto,rw,user >> > >> > # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! >> > proc /proc >> > proc defaults >> 0 0 >> > >> > # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at >> /dev/shm for >> > # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). >> > # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable >> ramdisk, and will >> > # use almost no memory if not populated with files) >> > shm >> > /dev/shm tmpfs >> nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 >> > 0 >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Usually, adding this >> > >> > "/dev/cdrom >> > /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user >> 0 0" >> > >> > should be enough to have your cd-rom/cd-rw/dvd working >> =). >> > >> > If that does not work, then let us know and see if we >> can figure out >> > something else. If it does work, then great! go on >> enjoying Gentoo >> > Linux. >> > >> > You learn a lot using Gentoo. Is the only distribution >> that gave m the >> > chance to learn a lot about Linux. It is very stable >> and flexible, you >> > always have control over your own system, that is very >> important. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Ricardo. >> > (Richard) >> > >> > >> > [1] >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 >> > >> > -- > > Cristian Gary, > i've grouped it into plugdev. > > Richard, > > After i type this command "/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto > noauto,ro,user 0 0" it shows: > > bash: /dev/cdrom: Permission denied > i've login using root account. i've right clicked at the cdrom to see the > properties and under Permissions tab the Owner column stated unknown and i > tried to change the Access column to Read and Write it popup "The permisions > could not be changed" > > > > Regards, > Norman > > > > > > > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Eduardo Otubo Linux Registered User #424252 http://otubo.net |_|0|_| |_|_|0| |0|0|0| -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
