> 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
First, thank you for the suggestion. I tried it and, well, that didn't work either. mount /mnt/cdrom .. simply made the terminal session hang. No actual mount. Incidentally, I go the same behavior when I used the desktop icons for the CD-ROM. umount don't work (as you might expect, because it doesn't think anything was mounted. However, eject didn't work either (which is a tad more worrisome). Any other ideas? Ron
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