On Friday 30 January 2004 04:10 pm, Viking Skull wrote: > I just did what the link said but all i get is: > > /mnt/scd0 not supported by hdparm > > If my drive isnt supported, why does Mandrake find it and know that its an > HP 8100series CD-RW? > > This is really annoying me now... > > > From: Frank Bax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2 > >Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:20:27 -0500 > > > >At 11:35 AM 1/30/04, Viking Skull wrote: > >>Hey everyone! Just recently signed up! I've been using Mandrake for maybe > >>a week now, but I'm having a major problem. Whenever I try to access the > >>CD-ROM drive it just freezes the desktop.. I cant play music CD's and i > >>cant do anything with data CD's either. The CD-ROM drive is a HP one and > >>is recognised by Linux.. it just seems to crash it whenever I access it. > >>It also crashes when right-clicking on it. The weird thing is, is that > >>somewhere Mandrake told me it was a SCSI drive, when in fact it's an IDE > >>drive. Can anyone help me!? > > > >Does this help? > >http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=CD-ROM+drive+freezes+Mandrake&start=10&hl > >=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=pan.2003.07.10.12.09.03.232623%40paradise.com.mz&rnu > >m=12 > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger > http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Are you using KDE desktop? Try going into the MCC (Mandrake Control Center) and click on hardware, you should see a tree with the devices shown click on scd0 and on the right hand side see what it is called like /mnt/cdrom or whatever. If nothing there the click on the configure bar near the bottom of that window and wait a bit it should tell you what it is being mounted as and you should then be able to use it. HTH Sorry if all this has been said before. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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