I tried to reply directly, as requested in the post, but that mail
bounced.
Try running the install disk--don't actually *do* anything, but make
like you are installing the O/S (any O/S). Boot off the CD-ROM if you
can.
If that works, then you know it's something with your O/S setup; if that
fails, it must be the hardware (assuming that it previously worked that
way for you to get your initial install).
> Marco Fioretti wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a pc running Mandrake 6.1, with an ATAPI
> > cdrom drive NEC CDR-3001. The drive always worked fine
> > until yesterday, when it quit on me right in the middle of an RPM installation.
> > Now I get the errors described below 90% of times, no matter which
> > cdrom I try to read. Even when mount succeeds, I just get the top directory
> > listing, but trying to cat some files, or open it via kfm times out, takes a
> > loooong time, or just leaves me with a blank
> >
> > The reason I'm posting this is: could it be some SW/configuration fault (like
> > some file I canceled by mistake/something which is looped on itself..)? How
> > could I find out?
> >
> > I'd really hate to have to fetch money for a new drive right now....
> > Any help is really appreciated,
> >
> > Marco
> >
> > I I try to open it by clicking on the KDE icon, I get:
> > KFM error Could not mount
> > Error log:
> >
>file:/dev/cdrom%3A%20Input/output%20error%0Amoun...ou%20must%20specify%20the%20filesystem%20type%0A
> >
> > If I try from the console, as root, I get:
> >
> > [root@polaris marco]# m /etc/fstab
> > /dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto
>sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
> > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto
>user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> > [
> > [root@polaris marco]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/
> > mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
> > or too many mounted file systems
> > [root@polaris marco]# umount /mnt/cdrom/
> > umount: /mnt/cdrom/: not mounted
> >
> > In both cases the led blinks a few times and then dies, and no noise
> > whatsoever
> > comes from the drive
> > -------------------------------------------------------
>
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