On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:03:38 -0600 (CST)
Noah A Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have a problem with my cd-rom drive on my dell latitude ls-400.  If I
> boot with a cd in the drive the system hangs during boot.  This is just a
> regular data cd with some picture files on it.  If I boot with the cd
> drive empty and place a cd in the drive after boot up is complete, the
> system doesn't seem to know that the drive exists.  It will not read the
> drive and when I type cd /mnt/cdrom and then ls I can see no files on the
> disk.
> This is a removable (plug in drive) that came with my computer.  Can
> anyone offer any sujestions?
> Thanks
> -Noah
> 
> 
After booting without the cd in the drive:  have you mounted the cd drive?
example (for mine)
mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom 
(the /dev entry for your drive will vary)

Jerry.

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