[newbie] Can't install packages using CD writer.

[Rana D'Costa]

I've Mandrake Linux 9.1 as my OS. I want to install packages using my CD 
writer(as rpmdrake 9.1 doesn't give any other choice) which is /mnt/cdrom. 
After executing the command 'mount', I got the following information about 
my CD writer:

none on /mnt/cdrom type supermount (ro, dev=/dev/scd0, 
fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso 885
9-1, codepage = 850, umask=0)

My CD writer is ATAPI Hewlett Packard Plus 8100 series. Now I wanna mount my 
cd writer before installing packages using rpmdrake. I tried:

mount /dev/scd0  /mnt/cdrom

also:

mount /mnt/cdrom

and I also tried:

mount /dev/scd0

In all of these above stated cases my system freezes and mouse or keyboard 
doesn't work. I also tried without mounting the device but still have the 
problem.

Can anyone tell me how I can fix this problem?

Thanks.

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