I've loaded Mandrake 8.1 on a Toshiba Satellite 2545XCDT. While the install with 8.0 worked without a hitch (many months ago), the same can't be said for 8.1.
First, let me point out that upgrading has been quite easy and, aside from the CD-ROM hitch, almost trouble free. Putting a journalling file system on this older laptop gives the user-interatction some well needed pep. The problem that I'm getting is that /dev/cdrom will not allow a mount. There is a symbolic link from /dev/cdrom to hdc, but that doesn't work. mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom .. does not work. The error message is "mount: special device cdrom does not exist" mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom .. does not work. Instead, the terminal session hangs and <Ctrl-C> does not break it. Here is the setup in /dev (commands are run as root): >ls -l cdrom lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root cdrom -> ../cdroms/cdrom0 >ls -l hdc lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root hcd -> ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd >mount cdrom /mnt/cdrom Bottom line, I'm not able to use the CD. I know the CD works because it works fine on Windows (the machine is a dual boot) and I used the CD to install Mandrake. Anyone have any idea what the problem could be? Thanks in advance for any help. Ron
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