Hey Everyone I fixed my cd problem! :) I tossed mandrake 7.1 and went to
Red Hat 6.2 and the cd works wonderfully! Guess Mandrake isn't what it's
cracked up to be after all huh?
I won't say I won't go back to Mandrake, but I will say the tech support at
mandrake sucks! First letter to them was May 23rd...here we are end of June
and still no fix and no response to my plea for help from them...nothing but
an auto response...the people who tried to help in this list I say
thanks....but even the people who work for mandrake on here haven't offered
any help....and ya know what...that just ain't cool...I hate getting
products with no one willing to back them, free or purchased....btw...I did
purchase mandrake 7.0 a month ago, and I am glad I'll be able to use the
extras in my red hat setup...at least I'll get a little back out of my
investment in a company who has NO tech support at all........sorry
Mandrake...but you've really made me rethink my position on you....I was
impressed when I first installed...then no help with a problem....none at
all and not even a notice that you heard my request or if it was ever even
read by a human....your gonna have to go a long way before I'll buy anything
else from ya...
Jim
> I have been having a cdrom./burner problem for over a month....it still
> doesn't work...I have tried everything including completely reconfiguring
my
> system...differant cpu...differant drive configurations....tried it all
> followed everyones suggestions...still doesn't work in mdk 7.1 works in
7.0
> and windoze just fine....I hope you get an answer quicker than I did....my
> first post on it was the 23rd of last month and I still have no solution
to
> the problem...if you get it fixed please tell me how you did it...this
list
> and Mandrake support have been absolutely no help...thanks
>
> Jim
>
>
> > 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...
> >
> >
>
>
