--- Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 06 February 2004 06:41 pm, Grant wrote: > > --- Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Friday 06 February 2004 01:00 pm, Grant > wrote: > > > > Hello! I'm using Mandrake 9.1, and all of a > > > > > > sudden > > > > > > > it's acting very strange. One of the problems > is > > > > > > the > > > > > > > computer completely crashes whenever it tries > to > > > > access a CD in the drive. For example, > typing: > > > > > > > > cd /mnt/cdrom > > > > > > > > with a CD in the drive spins the CD and > crashes > > > > > > the > > > > > > > system. Help guys! What should I do? > > > > > > > > - Grant > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing > > > > > > online. > > > > > > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > > > > Need more info, must have more info. : ) What > is > > > the CDrom drive, brand, > > > speed and firmware version if you know it. > Come > > > back and let's see what is > > > going on. > > > -- > > > Dennis M. linux user #180842 > > > > Thank you for the response. The CDROM drive is > > actually in a laptop, and I don't think I have any > of > > that info. It is a DVD drive though. It used to > work > > just fine. It sounds like I may need to backup > and > > reinstall? > > > > - Grant > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing > online. > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > I would try going into the MCC and hardware and > select the DVD and do a > configure on it. Note what the device is called. If > supermount is messed up > you may try typing "mount /dev/scdx /mnt/cdrom" or > better still disable > supermount and try the above command. Note the x in > scdx is what your system > shows in MCC, like scd0 or scd1 etc. The command to > disable supermount is > "supermount -i disable" IIRC. Somebody confirm > please. Thanks, > -- > Dennis M. linux user #180842
Thank you very much for your help. Things don't seem to be working out though, and I'm going to backup, reformat, and reinstall as I've been wanting to do that anyway. Thanks again! - Grant __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
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