On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 5:16 pm, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Hi, > I have a funny problem - if start up GUI - no problem-startup > bootdisk it warns me that something will be removed - my cd writer. > If try to acces cd-writer - complain io access problem. > In console mount /mnt/cdrom no problem but try to access then > problem. Eventualy I went to the control centre - mount points and > set it again - then how to setup cdrom and reset it - then it works > - only after rebooting - then it warns you something is installed > my cd-writer. Now it works - if you reboot without resetting in > control centre no dice. Is this a bug or maybe only my system? > Any one care to explain. > Thanks > Johan > > May this be a good day for learning
Hi, Johan. I have seen this problem often with removable drives, but not on a cdrom. Perhaps someone knows why, I don't. Anyway, here is something that might help you until you find out why it's happening. First, when you are in a system where the cdrom is working properly, copen /etc/fstab in a text editor, and save it as /etx/fstab.sav. Next time you have a problem, if you open both files you will probably find that the line for your cdrom has been removed. Copy the missing line into /etc/fstab. Then open a console, and as root, type 'mount -a'. That should then re-mount everything in your fstab - including the cdrom. hth Anne
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