Did you try to unmount the devices? Make sure you're not currently accessing something on either one, then run the commands:
umount /mnt/floppy eject That should unmount the floppy so you can eject it manually. The eject command will unmount the CD, if it was mounted, before it ejects it. >From there, put the floppy back in, and run the command: mount /mnt/floppy Then try to access the contents of the floppy. Similar steps with the CD-ROM. Insert the CD: mount /mnt/cdrom cd /mnt/cdrom ls -a I'm not sure how the automount works in 8.2. It may need to be tweaked a bit. But now I have a question. Why did you upgrade to 8.2? If 8.1 was working, and you weren't having any problems, why did you upgrade to 8.2? It seems a lot of people think that as soon a new revision comes out, they have to upgrade to the new rev. That's not the case. In previous revs that was needed. There was a good sized jump in kernel capabilities and hardware additions from 7.2 to 8.0. So there was a need to upgrade there. But from 8.1, to 8.2, I don't believe there is. I've noticed, more so this time then with the last two Mandrake revs, that people are upgrading merely because there's a new version. Micro$HAFT has conditioned people to think that a new version is out, and you have to upgrade. This is not the case with Linux. If you keep your apps and patches up to date, there's no need to upgrade. There are still people on the list that run on Mandrake 7.2. In my opinion it's still the most stable of Mandrake's releases. If you upgrade the kernel and apply safty patches and the like, there's still no need to upgrade. At the time I only went to 8.0 because of better hardware support. Hope my suggestions helped. tdh -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | I just installed the "new and improved" Mandrake 8.2. It was harder to get | my DSL up than with the 8.1. I've only been running Linux for about three | weeks. I like the CDRom icons, but there is one problem. My Floppy, and my | two CDRoms are locked. Even to super user. I thought it was a permission | problem, but I can't get in. What should I do. By the way, thanks for | answering my questions without flaming the heck out of me. I guess I'm used | to some ruff newsgroups. | | Thanks, | | Don | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com `-------------------------------------------------------------------
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