wow, what a nice way to disable supermount! I always use the brute force method: vi /etc/fstab and replace supermount with iso9660.
I have also had read problems with a Mitsumi firewire DVD/CD-RW drive -- disabling supermount fixed it. On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 16:10, Todd Flinders wrote: > Yeah, I've had lots of CD-ROM reading errors myself. I believe there is > something wrong with 9.0's supermount. In my case disabling supermount > immediately fixed the problem. The problem was only occurring on certain CDs > as well, but it would happen reliably with those CDs. Others always worked > fine. > > To disable supermount: > > supermount -i disable > > To enable it again: > > supermount -i enable > > On Wednesday 09 October 2002 05:22 am, Andy Weller wrote: > > Does anyone know of any CD-ROM read errors. It seems very temperamental > > to me. I have two identical CD's with a 3rd party application on and > > depending on what mood the PC is in, depends on whether it will read the > > CD's or not!?! > > > > It doesn't matter if I 'su' or 'su -' to root, the problems are still > > there. Sometimes I get lucky and it will install nearly all of my > > application, other times it won't do anything, and I am back to square > > one...! > > > > I'm really not too sure what I am doing wrong. These CD's have worked > > perfectly before in 8.2, 8.1, 8.0 & 7.2. I have even tried to clean the > > laser. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andy > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
