OK, I'll take a stab at this. As I have read, to use and IDE cd-rom burner you have
too load ide-scsi, right? Well, now the cd-rom drive is no longer /dev/hdc but
/dev/scd0 or something. \
If this is true you need to delete /dev/cdrom and create a symlink:
ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom
and don't forget to change /etc/fstab
OR
undo the ide-scsi stuff.
I don't have a cd burner on my linux box, so your mileage may vary. There are several
people on the list with IDE burners. Would one of you please step forward and help
this guy out?
I am assuming you have already inserted the media when you click on the drive icon!
Bill
PS. Looks like:
/dev/hdb5 /ext2 defaults 11
should be:
/dev/hdb5 /ext2 defaults 11
-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of S. Stubbs
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 8:28 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] STILL cannot mount floppy or cdrom drive!! HELP
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:
cdromrwxrwxrwxroot... root
disk.rwxrwxr-x...root...root
floppyrwxrwxrwx..root...root
windowsrwxrwxrwxroot...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".
Addendum: I have been to the mandrake url for cdburner help at
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/pages/
and have performed the command lines exactly as stated.
This has had no effect on the problem I am having with the
ability to mount the
cdrom drive. This also has not done anything to help with the
identical problem
with mounting the floppy drive.
Obviously it is some kind of bug or flaw in the supermount,
or I am just an
idiot. I have become so furious at this problem I have
considered just putting
windoze back.
If SOMEONE ANYONE out there could help me troubleshoot this mounting
problem I would really appreciate it. I have gone and
reviewed so many docs
and info on mounting in linux it makes my head spin.
ANY HELP, THANKS...
