--- "D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,
>
> I have a peculiar problem, my floppies or CDs do not
> mount.
> The mount command hangs. Nor does it mount through
> the GUI.
> It used to earlier, this problem is since I changed
> some
> settings in /etc/fstab for the FAT filesystems
> (Previous mails
> with subject ***Hangs at "Checking Filesystems"***).
> I didn't
> change the CDROM or floppy settings in the
> /etc/fstab file, only
> the HDD FAT partitions, that too changed the
> settings to 0 0 to
> disable filesystem checking for FAT filesystems.
>
> Could someone give me an idea what could have gone
> wrong. In fact,
> the solution to the former problem solved many of
> the problems
> I was facing earlier, but seems to have introduced
> this one :-(
>
Could it be that your floppy and CDROM drive are
failing, being old, and need repairs? Are they being
recognised at the time of boot? Pl check.
--narsingh
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