I have the same problem and fortunately I discovered the solution in the
mandrake page; it is a bug of kudzu; you must run linux as root, see the
name of your problematic cdrom under linux (probably cdrom or cdrom2) and
then type the next order (I suppose that the name of your cd driver under
linux is cdrom, if not change for the correct one, ins. cdrom2, cdrom3..)
cd /dev && rm cdrom && ln -s scd0 rom
To the question that the linux gives you say yes...
And now, everything is runing ˇI hope!; If you still have problems se the
next mandrake page:
http://www.linux-mandraque.com/en/demos/CDburner/pages
Have luck
Francisco Alcaraz
Murcia (Spain)
-----Mensaje original-----
De: S. Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fecha: sábado, 11 de noviembre de 2000 2:44
Asunto: [newbie] supermount-- I am unable to mount cdrom and floppy
>Please if someone who is expert can assist here is the problem.
>I am running mandrake 7.2 complete retail box from walmart,
>and I use bootmagic for bootloader.
>my hardware config:
>2 IDEharddrives,
>hda has windoze
>hda also has linux swap
>hdb has linux boot, and linux root and all linux
>I have one cdrom drive it is a Iomega Zip650 cdwriter drive, it is
>an internal IDE writer drive, and I can
>confirm that it is functioning fine since I used it to install the mandrake
>7.2.
>My cdrom drive and floppy drive are unable to be mounted, I get somekind
>of permission to access is denied kind of message. This is even logged
>in as root.
>Here is current fstab:
>/dev/hdb5 /ext2 defaults 11
>/dev/hdb1 /boot ext 2 defaults 12
>none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
>/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=ISO9660, dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
>/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
>/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,unmask=0 0 0
>none /proc proc defaults 0 0
>/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
>
>Next, here is what results from the commnand,
>ls -l /dev/cdrom
>result:
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Nov 6 01:24 /dev/cdrom ->hdc
>
>
>In the konqueror file manager , I have
>su to root and using this manager have gone to the /mnt
>directory. I have this in the window:
>cdrom....rwxrwxrwx....root... root
>disk.....rwxrwxr-x...root...root
>floppy....rwxrwxrwx..root...root
>windows....rwxrwxrwx....root...root.
>
>When I attempt to click on the cdrom or the floppy, I get this
>for answer box:
>unable to enter file:/mnt/cdrom.
>You do not have access right to this location.
>
>Also I have su to root in the terminal and done this:
>cd /mnt/cdrom
>I get this:
>bash: cd: /mnt/cdrom:Input/output error
>
>I type in mount /mnt/cdrom
>I get this:
>mount: /mnt/cdrom already mounted or /mnt/cdrom busy.
>mount: according to mtab, /mnt/cdrom is already mounte on /mnt/cdrom
>
>I type this: eject /mnt/cdrom
>I get this:
>eject: unable to find or open device for: '/mnt/cdrom'
>I type this: eject /cdrom
>I get this:
>eject: unable to eject, last error: Input/output error
>
>My cdrom is working just fine, I installed mandrake with this cdrom
>drive, it is recognized in linux harddrake and works fine in windows, it is
>dual-boot box. Also when going to cdburning program, the cdrom drive is
>definitely
>recognized, and even shows contents of an inserted CD when browsing
>in the program. Also when using the make boot floppy GUI tool the floppy
will
>in fact work fine, but on my own it will not.
>
>BIG NOTE HERE:I am having also Identical problem with the floppy, it too
>also has icon with lock on it.
>Now this the problem that I am having.
>As a result the rpmdrake cannot find the cdrom..
>Thus I am unable to install rpm, and I am unable to look at any cd or
>floppy, and it is getting more urgent to be able to do this..
>MY assumption is that this problem has something to do with "supermount".
>ANY HELP, THANKS...
>
>
>
