CD-ROM Not Working 2006-12-17 - By JohnH
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From: "Steven J. Yellin" <yellin@(protected)>
To: "Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)" <shrike-list@(protected)>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: CD-ROM Not Working
> Please give more information. What instruction, if any, did you give
> to mount it?
cd /mnt/cdrom
> Did the mount succeed without complaint?
Yes
> Where did you then look for data?
ls and dir
> Does fstab have a line in it refering to a cdrom, such as /dev/cdrom
> /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
Yes, /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0
0
>
> If so, to what does your /dev/cdrom symbolically link? For example,
> ls -l /dev/cdrom might show a line including "/dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdd",
lrwxrwxrwx 1root root 8 Dec 16 15:04 /dev/cdrom -> /dev /hdc
> in which case you might be able to see that it really is a CD by
> "cat /proc/ide/hdd/media" showing "cdrom".
cat /proc/ide/hdc/media
cdrom
I am not going to concern myself with the floppy just yet. I figure I can
fix that with the same DISTRUCTIONS as for the CD.
>
> Steven Yellin
>
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, JohnH wrote:
>
>> I had to reinstall RH9 because of my own stupidity (don't ask).
>> Now I can't see anything on my CD's.
>> I can put in an audio CD and it will play but I can't see data on the RH9
>> install CD's.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> JohnH
>> pctech@(protected)
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