I don't know if this will help, but this is what I did.
In /etc/fstab, I moved the cdrom line above the floppy line. (just for grins)
And also, the device I used was not /dev/hdd it was /dev/scd0.
Once I did those two things everything started working.
I was reading the www.linux-mandrake.com tutorials page is
what gave me that idea to use the scd0. You might want to go
there and read where it talks about getting a cdwriter working
with mandrake. Apparently it tricks the cdwriter by using the
scsi device for it even though it's really IDE. During installation,
it weirdly sets it back to IDE and then it quits working - That's
why it quits working after you install linux-mandrake. The
tutorial helped me understand it some - check it out.
my fstab looks like (partial):
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/scd0 0 0
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
make sure /dev/cdrom links to /dev/scd0
cd /dev
ls -l cdrom
cdrom -> scd0
Eduardo Arauz wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eduardo Arauz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 4:02 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible
>
> Hi Alan i am having a similar problem mounting my cd rom, but in this case
> i ve trying almost everything ( today i will try to switch the IDE cables
> of my cd rom and cd-R to see what happens), and my fstab is exactly like
> the one above
> --</mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom
> i have changed it to a thousand different forms and nothing happens, it
> sends the following error " unable to accses the specific directory" or the
> other error is " inut/output error"... i am thinking that is a hardware
> problem with my jumpers.... because the others device supermount perfectly.
> and yes i disabled the supermount and try to make it manual and the same
> error occurs.
> please if you or something else can help me ...
>
> J------->>>>>>im....oh, I didn't realize that you're using supermount.
> That line in your /etc/fstab file is not correct, it should be
> like the one below:
>
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom
> 0 0
>
> and of course the softlink /dev/cdrom should link to /dev/hdd
>
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 12:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Jim Brown
> Subject: Re: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible
>
> Jim....oh, I didn't realize that you're using supermount.
> That line in your /etc/fstab file is not correct, it should be
> like the one below:
>
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom
> 0 0
>
> and of course the softlink /dev/cdrom should link to /dev/hdd
>
> Alan
>
> Jim Brown wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the info!
> > I did an "ls -l" in the /dev dir and it shows "cdrom -> hdd"
> > I tried deleting that and doing "ln -s hdc cdrom" and "ln -s hdb cdrom"
> > etc for different devices. They all still go to the floppy when I get
> into
> > kscd. I looked at the configuration for kscd and it shows "/mnt/cdrom".
> > I looked at fstab and it shows for the cd:
> > "/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount exec,dev,suid,rw,fs=iso9660 0 0"
> >
> > Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > > Jim....it sounds like /dev/cdrom is a softlink pointing to
> > > /dev/fd0. It should be a softlink pointing to /dev/hdd
> > > instead.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > Jim Brown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for all of your help and quick responses!!!
> > > > The /dev/hdd doesn't work at all for any type of disk. I've tried
> music cd,
> > > > linux-mandrake 7.0 install cd, and a dos cd, none work with /dev/hdd.
> > > > The /dev/cdrom mount I spoke of before accesses the floppy drive. I
> > > > just don't understand what's going on.
> > > >
> > > > Eduardo Arauz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > what types of files are you trying to mount? remember that you cant
> mount music cd roms in your hdd....
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Jim Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 7:44 AM
> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried "mount /dev/hdd cdrom" but that doesn't work. I messed
> > > > > with my fstab. Not it looks like "/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount
> > > > > exec,dev/suid,rw,fs=iso9660 0 0" but when I run "mount /dev/cdrom"
> > > > > it now accesses the floppy drive!!! Close, but no cigar. Any idea
> > > > > what I'm doing wrong???
> > > > >
> > > > > Eduardo Arauz wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > have you mounted your cdrom ?
> > > > > > try to umount it and mount it again on hdd
> > > > > > mount /dev/hdd cdrom
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Jim Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 9:30 PM
> > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > Subject: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm having trouble accessing my CDRom for Music and data.
> > > > > > When I click on the CDRom Icon with a windows or linux
> > > > > > (mandrake install disk) cd, I can't see any data. When I get
> > > > > > into the kscd program, it can't find a disk. When I go to
> > > > > > lothar it finds my cd (model: CRW6206A, device:/dev/hdd
> > > > > > bustype: atapi/ide). When I go back to kscd and try to set
> > > > > > /dev/hdd in the cdrom device it still doesn't see it. When I go
> > > > > > to drakeconf and then click filesystems and local drive, I
> > > > > > can set the cdrom to /dev/hdd, but that doesn't help either.
> > > > > > I guess I'm a newbie. Please help.
> > > [snip]
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