On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 11:26, Rana D'Costa wrote: > 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. > > --AD
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