On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:16:45 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Larry: > > The fstab file looks okay (to me at least). However, even though the CD is > working fine (under Windows and the CD was used to install Mdk 8.1) it currently > doesn't work under Mdk. Here are the contents of the /etc/fstab file: > > /dev/hda4 / reiserfs noatime,notail 1 1 > /dev/hda3 /boot ext2 noatime 1 2 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 > 0 > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto > 0 0 > /dev/fd1 /mnt/floppy2 auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > From: Larry Sword [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 11:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Can't use CD-ROM on Toshiba laptop with Mdk 8.1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 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
If you are trying to mount the drive with either of the above commands then that is why it will not work. 8.1 uses devfs the correct command is mount /mnt/cdrom To unmount either umount /mnt/cdrom or eject /mnt/cdrom Charles
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