Re: [newbie] Can't mount CDRom / CDWriter
right click on KDE desktop Create New CDRom device Device in Device drop-down list - select /mnt/cdrom Shouldn't that read "in Device drop-down list - select /dev/blahblah"? On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Bob Parker wrote: Stephen, On Wednesday 21 March 2001 01:41, you wrote: Hi all people, I have a CDROM and a CDWriter installed running Mandrake 7.2.. Using KDE I create an icon for CDROM with following steps; right click on KDE desktop Create New CDRom device Device in Device drop-down list - select /mnt/cdrom in Mount Point - select /mnt/cdrom File System Type : Supermount then click OK There is a known issue with CDRoms and burners, point your browser to: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/ then select Tutorial and follow the link to 'getting a CD burner working' I did not yet succeed with the burner but I can now view the contents of any cd in it. Good luck Bob Parker
Re: [[newbie] Can't mount CDRom / CDWriter]
Supermount is FLAKY FILE /etc/fstab /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 try /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso=9660 (or just iso9660 without the =) /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 try /dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 iso=9660 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 I also did the same for floppy Don Don Hinds - photo, motorcycle, misc. http://www.wyzards.com Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
RE: [newbie] Can't mount CDRom / CDWriter
Title: RE: [newbie] Can't mount CDRom / CDWriter Check out the demos page below, if you haven't already. It gives step by step how to set up a cdrom and cdrw combination. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Liu Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Can't mount CDRom / CDWriter Hi all people, I have a CDROM and a CDWriter installed running Mandrake 7.2. Using KDE I create an icon for CDROM with following steps; right click on KDE desktop Create New CDRom device Device in Device drop-down list - select /mnt/cdrom in Mount Point - select /mnt/cdrom File System Type : Supermount then click OK An CDRom icon then created on desktop. I tried to mount the CDROM by : right click on CDROM Device icon select mount It mounts the floppy (the floppy drive light glows) but can't mount the CDRom (same happens to my CDWriter) FILE /etc/fstab /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 Kindly help. Thanks in advance. Stephen
Re: [newbie] Can't mount CDRom / CDWriter
Stephen, On Wednesday 21 March 2001 01:41, you wrote: Hi all people, I have a CDROM and a CDWriter installed running Mandrake 7.2.. Using KDE I create an icon for CDROM with following steps; right click on KDE desktop Create New CDRom device Device in Device drop-down list - select /mnt/cdrom in Mount Point - select /mnt/cdrom File System Type : Supermount then click OK There is a known issue with CDRoms and burners, point your browser to: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/ then select Tutorial and follow the link to 'getting a CD burner working' I did not yet succeed with the burner but I can now view the contents of any cd in it. Good luck Bob Parker
[newbie] Can't mount CDRom / CDWriter
Hi all people, I have a CDROM and a CDWriter installed running Mandrake 7.2. Using KDE I create an icon for CDROM with following steps; right click on KDE desktop Create New CDRom device Device in Device drop-down list - select /mnt/cdrom in Mount Point - select /mnt/cdrom File System Type : Supermount then click OK An CDRom icon then created on desktop. I tried to mount the CDROM by : right click on "CDROM Device" icon select mount It mounts the floppy (the floppy drive light glows) but can't mount the CDRom (same happens to my CDWriter) FILE /etc/fstab /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 Kindly help. Thanks in advance. Stephen
