--- Jason Kretzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Jason Kretzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- Hoyt Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here is the contents of my fstab
> > >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] jason]# cat /etc/fstab
> > > > /dev/hdb2 / ext3 noatime 1 1
> > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> > > > /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 noatime 1 2
> > > > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec
> > > > 0 0
> > > > /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec
> > > > 0 0
> > > > none /mnt/floppy supermount
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850
> > > > 0 0
> > > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs
> > > umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0
> > > > 0
> > > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > > > /dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > > > none /mnt/hd supermount
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
dev=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850
> > > > 0 0
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] jason]#
> > > >
> > > yours
> > > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto
> > >
> > >
> >
>
umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec
> > > 0 0
> > > /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto
> > >
> > >
> >
>
umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec
> > > 0 0
> > >
> > > mine
> > > none /mnt/cdrom supermount
> > >
> >
>
dev=/dev/hdc,fs=auto,ro,exec,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0
> > >
> > > 0 0
> > >
> > > It appears that you do not have supermount on
> your
> > > cd drives that will
> > > require that you 'mount /mnt/cdrom[?]' from a
> > > terminal before
> > > attempting access. or you could add supermount
> > after
> > >
> > > 'none /mnt/cdrom[?]'.
> > > --
> > > Regards;
> > > Hoyt
> > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> > Yep that did it.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Jason
> >
> > __________________________________
>
> Ack! same problem again, even with the new line in
> the
> fstab. I now have a link on the desktop to
> /mnt/cdrom
> which goes to /dev/hdc, which is there whether a cd
> is
> in the drive or not. When I click the link, there
> are
> no contents.
>
> So, I opened a terminal and tried to umount it and
> got
> this
>
> /mnt/cdrom: not mounted
>
> OK, so I tried to mount it using and got this
>
> mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
> mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected,
> mounting read-only
> mount: No medium found
>
>
> Here are the contents of my current fstab file, the
> original contents are listed above.
>
> /dev/hdb2 / ext3 noatime 1 1
> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 noatime 1 2
> #/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto
>
umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec
> 0 0
> none /mnt/cdrom supermount
>
dev=/dev/hdc,fs=auto,ro,exec,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0
> 0 0
> /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto
>
umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec
> 0 0
> none /mnt/floppy supermount
>
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850
> 0 0
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro
> 0
> 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0
> none /mnt/hd supermount
>
dev=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850
> 0 0
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
> -Jason
>
>
>
As an addition to this, I went back to the original
fstab(listed way at the top) and rebooted. I then had
the same results.
What does one do when their cd-rw does not mount
reliably? I don't believe it is a hardware problem
since this is a dual boot with win2k and it works
great there.
-Jason
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