On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:03:38 -0600 (CST) > Noah A Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a problem with my cd-rom drive on my dell latitude ls-400. If I > > boot with a cd in the drive the system hangs during boot. This is just a > > regular data cd with some picture files on it. If I boot with the cd > > drive empty and place a cd in the drive after boot up is complete, the > > system doesn't seem to know that the drive exists. It will not read the > > drive and when I type cd /mnt/cdrom and then ls I can see no files on the > > disk. > > This is a removable (plug in drive) that came with my computer. Can > > anyone offer any sujestions? > > Thanks > > -Noah > > > > > After booting without the cd in the drive: have you mounted the cd drive? > example (for mine) > mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom > (the /dev entry for your drive will vary) > > Jerry. > > -- > Registered Linux User #300600 > Registered Linux Machine #185855 > >
Ok Thanks a ton Jerry! The command you showed me works just fine. I searched through my /dev dir and found the "cdrom" entry so I replaced "scd0" with "cdrom". Could anyone point me to a resource that explains details of what this command is doing? I take it iso9660 is from the International Standards Organization, but why does this have to be done once the computer is running? XP seems to have no trouble detecting the drive no matter when I plug it in. Just looking for some more info on whats going on when I type the commands. Thanks so much! -Noah Someone asked what type of plug-in drive this is. I'm sure it's not USB port but I can't tell much more than that. All I know is it's the exteral drive that came with the computer when I purchased it.
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