Please read addendums below to my story: 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: cdrom....rwxrwxrwx....root... root disk.....rwxrwxr-x...root...root floppy....rwxrwxrwx..root...root windows....rwxrwxrwx....root...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#1: 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. However I did perform all the command lines as instructed at the mandrake tutorial. Addendum #2 I have gone to fstab and added the word user into the line for the cdrom and the line for flopppy, I added "user" after the supermount word. There is hope, I went and tried to view a data filled floppy. Success with the floppy although it took a long time to see the contents of the floppy, I did get to view the contents. There is no longer a lock on the /mnt/cdrom directory. I have gone and tried to view a data CD in the CDrom drive, however nothing shows up when I go to the /mnt/cdrom directory. I have tried several of the mdk 7.2 CDs in the drive. There is one good indication though, I am able to eject the cdrom from the drive using the "eject cdrom" command at a terminal. When I go to the CDrom icon on the desktop, it will open up to the /mnt/cdrom directory but there is nothing there(with dataCD inserted in drive). Please PLEASE I implore anyone to help me with this problem. It is getting more necessary to install rpms from the mdk applications CDs and it just won't work!! 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...
