On 11-Apr-2002 Nick wrote: > I have been trying to configure my cd rom but the dang thing don't work for > me. > I thought this was a useful web page to follow, lots of nice colourful > pictures. > http://people.debian.org/~psg/ddg/node104.html > > But! > > When I try to enter my cd rom device file: > > /dev/cdrom or /dev/hdd > > it still doesnt work? > > I get alot of E: failed errors and I know not what I am doing, please help. > > I have tried apt-cdrom add but it doesnt work, it fails to mount the cdrom. > > I did fix this once before but for the life of me I cannot remember how I did > it. >
let's start simple. cd /proc/ide. There should be hda, and others. if you cd into each of these hd? directories you will find a file called 'media' the one which is your cdrom will say 'cdrom' the others 'disk'. Once you know which device is your cdrom, use: mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /cdrom # change hdd to match what you learned Once you have that working, make sure /dev/cdrom links to that device. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
