Hi
When you mount a cd u mast use "mount /mnt/cdrom"
Ronald
-----Original Message-----
From: Ace Frehley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 7:37 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Install: "could not mount CD on /dev/scd0"
using Adaptec 1542cf
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:45:26 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am using an older Intel 440LX based motherboard with a P2-333, 64megs of
>memory, ATI All-In-Wonder Pro, and Plextor 32x CDROM drive.
>
>I have Redhat 6.2 installed on the system without any problem. My friends
>mention that Mandrake is a better distribution so I thought I would
>try it. I downloaded the iso image of Mandrake 7.1 (Helium) and burned
>a CD without problem.
>
>The install program can find the Adaptec 1542cf card but I get the error
>message "I could not mount a CD on device /dev/scd0". If I hit OK the
>program displays a message about initializing the CD and it just hangs
>there. I tried the install from win98 (also on the machine) and boot disk
>(as I cannot boot the CD). When I tried text expert install I see the
bootup
>messages that the driver loaded and it displays the information from the
>CD-ROM drive.
>
>There is no problem when mounting under RH 6.2. I tried mounting
>manually using /dev/scd0 and it worked.
>
>Is there any way to manually break out or abort the install program
>so I can see why the install is failing? It seems if the install
>fails I have no recourse to debug or correct it.
>
>73 Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] WB1HBU
Have the same problem with my setup as well, my solution was drastic,
I used a spare Adaptec 2940UW and the problem disappeared...
