Re: [newbie] CD ROM problems.
Its in /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab. Go in those files as root. Now change all refences to /mnt/cdrom to /mnt/cdrom2 and vice versa. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 2:15 AM Subject: [newbie] CD ROM problems. I have two CDplayers. An Atapi 50X and an IOMEGA Zip CD Writer. The CD-Writer is at '/dev/cdrom' and the CD reader us at '/dev/cdrom2' /dev/cdrom - /dev/sd0b /dev/cdrom2 - /dev/hdb How can I switch it so the /dev/cdrom is pointing to /dev/hdb and vice-versa? ~Lance
[newbie] CD-ROM problems
A few months ago, I bought a copy of Linux-Mandrake 7.0 with the intent to install it on my then-new computer. However, I ran into a major problem. When I used the included tool to partition my hard drive, the partition worked, but my computer would no longer recognise my CD-ROM drive (it just didn't appear anywhere), so I couldn't install Linux, and I had to remove the partition. My computer worked fine after that, but I was unable to install Linux, so I put the Linux CDs away. Now, for some reason, I've decided to try to install again. What is wrong with my CD-ROM drive that it's doing this? My computer is a HP Pavilion 9694C. I don't know much about the specs on my CD-ROM drive tho..altho it is a combination CD-ROM/DVD drive. Can anyone help this clueless newbie? __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM problems
Amuro Rei wrote: A few months ago, I bought a copy of Linux-Mandrake 7.0 with the intent to install it on my then-new computer. However, I ran into a major problem. When I used the included tool to partition my hard drive, the partition worked, but my computer would no longer recognise my CD-ROM drive (it just didn't appear anywhere), so I couldn't install Linux, and I had to remove the partition. My computer worked fine after that, but I was unable to install Linux, so I put the Linux CDs away. Now, for some reason, I've decided to try to install again. What is wrong with my CD-ROM drive that it's doing this? My computer is a HP Pavilion 9694C. I don't know much about the specs on my CD-ROM drive tho..altho it is a combination CD-ROM/DVD drive. Can anyone help this clueless newbie? I'll give it a burst - I have 28 7.0 installs under my shirt!! First - is your machine able to boot from the cdrom?? If so does it do so for this cd? You may have to go to your bios settings and juggle the boot settings so that the cdrom is higher in the stack. ie set it up so that the order is say: cdrom, floppy, harddrive. If you cannot boot from the floppy I suggest you find your way into the dosutils/autoboot subdirectory on the cd and try it that way. My machine is pretty old and won't boot from the cd drive so I use the autoboot system - it's much more 'reliable' than the floppy boot method. Come on back now eh? Cheers -- ICQ#: 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM problems
Hello, Will it install windows to a blank drive? It is an IDE device right? A proprietary device wont work. You may have to boot using a boot floppy. Instructions are included in the book on how to make one. If all else fails try finding an old 8x cd rom at a used computer supply and installing that. I picked one up the other day for $30.00 w/ a sound card. Andrew "Remember this always for it is the doom of men that they forget" Merlin..Excalibur - Original Message - From: Amuro Rei [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 9:36 PM Subject: [newbie] CD-ROM problems A few months ago, I bought a copy of Linux-Mandrake 7.0 with the intent to install it on my then-new computer. However, I ran into a major problem. When I used the included tool to partition my hard drive, the partition worked, but my computer would no longer recognise my CD-ROM drive (it just didn't appear anywhere), so I couldn't install Linux, and I had to remove the partition. My computer worked fine after that, but I was unable to install Linux, so I put the Linux CDs away. Now, for some reason, I've decided to try to install again. What is wrong with my CD-ROM drive that it's doing this? My computer is a HP Pavilion 9694C. I don't know much about the specs on my CD-ROM drive tho..altho it is a combination CD-ROM/DVD drive. Can anyone help this clueless newbie? __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Cd-Rom Problems in mdk7.0
I can mount my first cd-rom just fine. When I try to mount my cd-rom2 drive (which is a burner) I get the message that ---cdrom2 is not a valid block device. I could mount this device in mdk6.1 Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Bob
Re: [newbie] Cd-Rom Problems in mdk7.0
Bob wrote: I can mount my first cd-rom just fine. When I try to mount my cd-rom2 drive (which is a burner) I get the message that ---cdrom2 is not a valid block device. I could mount this device in mdk6.1Any help would be appreciated.Thanks in advance. Bob Bob, you may get some info from this earlier post. Also check /stc/fstab file to see how cdrom2 is set up. I had the same problem and had to change the applicable line in fstab to read: /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660defaults 0 0 ie. the way it defaulted to, it did not recognise it as a SCSI setup. However I believe 7-0-2 would have set up your second cdrom (writer) as a SCSI device. You only need to view lilo.conf to see the appropriate command to set it up this way. Nev PREVIOUS POSTS mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom??? You mount from /dev/something to something else. Not from /mnt/something. Rich Andrews wrote: I as well have just installed mdk7.0-2, but I did not use the supermount option. No matter what I do I can't ls the cdrom. at console, I mount /mnt/cdrom cdrom and I get an error telling me that the drivers aren't in the /dev dir. Arrgh! Plz help. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Neville Cobb Sent: February 17, 2000 3:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] CDROM and Writer Overall I was pretty well impressed with Mandrake 7-0-2, it was one of the first distribution where I did not have to spend a couple of hours tweaking it to my liking - well done. However there were some minor problems: I was amazed it detected my 40x cdrom drive as an IDE drive and the cdrom writer as a SCSI device without me having to compile the kernel. However I could not access the writer via the supermount icon mandrake placed on the desk top. After playing with kfstab and telling it that it was a SCSI device ie. /dev/scd0, it mounted and I could access it via the desktop icon. I hope this was the right way to go about it. I experienced a little bit of trouble with automatic install in that I would have liked to see a picture of where Mandrake was going to load the system and I would have also liked to see where it was putting Lilo. But the second time around I used the non auto install and it went well as I could direct and confirm all the above. This is lots better to drive than SuSE as I had to compile the kernel to achieve what came standard with Mandrake. I also experienced that it detected and set up the drives and windows partition better than Caldera (to my surprise as I though it was pretty good). Nev
Re: [newbie] cd rom problems
Tim Wojtaszek wrote: When ever I try to access my cd rom, i get an error message: file:/dev/cdrom%3a%20Input/output%20error%0Amoun...ou%20must%20specify%the%20filesystem%20type%0A. how do I do that. Is that a data CD in the drive? By default, Mandrake is setup to auto-detect the filesystem type for the CD. Check /etc/fstab and see if it looks like this: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 The underlined part there should match. If that's an audio CD in the drive, you can't mount those. :) -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
