Re: [newbie] Locked cdrom and floppy drives
I have had similar problems on my Dell Inspriron 4100 notebook. This i think is caused by the floppy and CD sharing hardware interfaces. I did read somewhere on the Mandrake website about this and have solved the problems i was having by changing the method the floppy is mounted from automatic using supermount to user with noauto. This can be done via the options selection of the Mount Points option in Mandrake Control Panel, or editing /etc/fstab. This means that the floppy will have to mounted and unmounted manually, but i don't find this a problem I hope this helps Simon Matthews On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 14:17, Maureen L. Thomas wrote: > I have upgraded to 8.2 on both my desktop and my laptop. I have > used the cdrom on my desktop and used my floppy drive as well. I did > some work on my laptop that I wanted to add to my desktop but now the > floppy and both cdrom's (one is a burner) are locked. The only changes > I have made were security updates through their mandrakeupdate utility. > I have checked permissions and they state that I am user and group. I > have tried everything I know and cannot figure out why they have all of > a sudden become locked. I have done the same updates on my laptop and I > can still use the cdrom and the floppy. Has anyone ran into this > before. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I tried multiply cd's > and floppys to make sure it was the machine not the media. Thanks, Maureen > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Locked cdrom and floppy drives
I have upgraded to 8.2 on both my desktop and my laptop. I have used the cdrom on my desktop and used my floppy drive as well. I did some work on my laptop that I wanted to add to my desktop but now the floppy and both cdrom's (one is a burner) are locked. The only changes I have made were security updates through their mandrakeupdate utility. I have checked permissions and they state that I am user and group. I have tried everything I know and cannot figure out why they have all of a sudden become locked. I have done the same updates on my laptop and I can still use the cdrom and the floppy. Has anyone ran into this before. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I tried multiply cd's and floppys to make sure it was the machine not the media. Thanks, Maureen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] locked cdrom and floppy
Oder Santos wrote: > I have just installed MandrakeFreq 2 in my Toshiba > Satellite 1715 XCDS and all running great except to cdrom > and floppy. When I click it I receive the message: "You do > not have permissions to read file:/mnt/cdrom". What should > I do to unlock this? Any help would be really appreciate. > Thanks in advance. Oder Oderthe locks are a feature of supermount. But supermount is broken in MandrakeFreq (20010619) so you'll need to disable it. It'd be a good idea to backup your /etc/fstab first, just in case you get a kernel that supermount isn't broken in. The command supermount -i enable is flawed and can change entries that don't need changing. Anyway in a console as root type: supermount -i disable After a reboot, supermount will be disabled and the locks will be gone. -- Alan
Re: [newbie] locked cdrom and floppy
I have a CD-RW also, but have not set it up (I'm concentrating on locking my box down--SECURITY). How is the program Gcombust? >From: etharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Donnie Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [newbie] locked cdrom and floppy >Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 08:22:30 -0400 > >Don, Thanks for posting this, perhaps you could help me with "almost" the >same problem. I have a cdrom, (slave ide channel 1) and a cd/DVD (slave ide >channel 2) and a usb cd writer. I know it is seen as /dev/scd0, and can >burn >in Gcombust. the problem is I would like to be able to mount and read the >files on a cd in that drive as well. when I try "mount /mnt/cdrom3 >/dev/scd0 >it seems as if it is mounting but the last line is; >mount: mount point mnt/cdrom3 does not exist > >should I mkdir /mnt/cdrom3? > >On Wednesday 08 August 2001 07:33, you had thoughts to the concept of: > > I don't know anything about MandrakeFreq 2, but if it is Linux, you >should > > check the file /etc/fstab to check the perms of the line for /mnt/cdrom. > A > > quick check to see if it is the problem would be to: > > > > 1. su to root > > 2. umount /mnt/cdrom > > 3. mount /dev/ /mnt/cdrom > > (note: to find out what device [hda,hdc,etc.] your cdrom is, type > > dmesg and scrollthrough until you see your cdrom info) > > 4. cd /mnt/cdrom ---you should have access > > > > If this solves your problem you will want to edit your /etc/fstab file. > > Read the manpage on fstab for additional options like auto, users, and > > supermount. > > > > The same thing can be done for the floppy drive. Hope this helps > > > > > > From: "Oder Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: [newbie] locked cdrom and floppy > > >Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:51:28 -0300 > > > > > >I have just installed MandrakeFreq 2 in my Toshiba Satellite 1715 XCDS >and > > >all running great except to cdrom and floppy. When I click it I receive > > > the message: "You do not have permissions to read file:/mnt/cdrom". >What > > > should I do to unlock this? Any help would be really appreciate. >Thanks > > > in advance. > > >Oder > > > > _ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: [newbie] locked cdrom and floppy
Yes. The directory must exist (command "mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom3") Were you able to unlock your CDROM? BTW, don't do the supermount option--there is an exploit against it. Hope that helps. >From: etharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Donnie Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [newbie] locked cdrom and floppy >Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 08:22:30 -0400 > >Don, Thanks for posting this, perhaps you could help me with "almost" the >same problem. I have a cdrom, (slave ide channel 1) and a cd/DVD (slave ide >channel 2) and a usb cd writer. I know it is seen as /dev/scd0, and can >burn >in Gcombust. the problem is I would like to be able to mount and read the >files on a cd in that drive as well. when I try "mount /mnt/cdrom3 >/dev/scd0 >it seems as if it is mounting but the last line is; >mount: mount point mnt/cdrom3 does not exist > >should I mkdir /mnt/cdrom3? > >On Wednesday 08 August 2001 07:33, you had thoughts to the concept of: > > I don't know anything about MandrakeFreq 2, but if it is Linux, you >should > > check the file /etc/fstab to check the perms of the line for /mnt/cdrom. > A > > quick check to see if it is the problem would be to: > > > > 1. su to root > > 2. umount /mnt/cdrom > > 3. mount /dev/ /mnt/cdrom > > (note: to find out what device [hda,hdc,etc.] your cdrom is, type > > dmesg and scrollthrough until you see your cdrom info) > > 4. cd /mnt/cdrom ---you should have access > > > > If this solves your problem you will want to edit your /etc/fstab file. > > Read the manpage on fstab for additional options like auto, users, and > > supermount. > > > > The same thing can be done for the floppy drive. Hope this helps > > > > > > From: "Oder Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: [newbie] locked cdrom and floppy > > >Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:51:28 -0300 > > > > > >I have just installed MandrakeFreq 2 in my Toshiba Satellite 1715 XCDS >and > > >all running great except to cdrom and floppy. When I click it I receive > > > the message: "You do not have permissions to read file:/mnt/cdrom". >What > > > should I do to unlock this? Any help would be really appreciate. >Thanks > > > in advance. > > >Oder > > > > _ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: [newbie] locked cdrom and floppy
I don't know anything about MandrakeFreq 2, but if it is Linux, you should check the file /etc/fstab to check the perms of the line for /mnt/cdrom. A quick check to see if it is the problem would be to: 1. su to root 2. umount /mnt/cdrom 3. mount /dev/ /mnt/cdrom (note: to find out what device [hda,hdc,etc.] your cdrom is, type dmesg and scrollthrough until you see your cdrom info) 4. cd /mnt/cdrom ---you should have access If this solves your problem you will want to edit your /etc/fstab file. Read the manpage on fstab for additional options like auto, users, and supermount. The same thing can be done for the floppy drive. Hope this helps >From: "Oder Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [newbie] locked cdrom and floppy >Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:51:28 -0300 > >I have just installed MandrakeFreq 2 in my Toshiba Satellite 1715 XCDS and >all running great except to cdrom and floppy. When I click it I receive the >message: "You do not have permissions to read file:/mnt/cdrom". What should >I do to unlock this? Any help would be really appreciate. Thanks in >advance. >Oder > > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
[newbie] locked cdrom and floppy
I have just installed MandrakeFreq 2 in my Toshiba Satellite 1715 XCDS and all running great except to cdrom and floppy. When I click it I receive the message: "You do not have permissions to read file:/mnt/cdrom". What should I do to unlock this? Any help would be really appreciate. Thanks in advance. Oder
