CD-ROM Not Working 2006-12-17 - By JohnH
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It informed me that
mount: Not a directory
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Steven J. Yellin" <yellin@(protected)>
To: "Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)" <shrike-list@(protected)>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: CD-ROM Not Working
> You didn't give a mount command. You're probably used to
> having the computer do it automatically when you load the CDROM.
> Apparently you are not setup so that you have to do it yourself
> with
>
> mount /mnt/cdrom
>
> If that works, "df" should show that the cd is mounted, and
> its contents should be visible after you then do
>
> cd /mnt/cdrom
>
> Steven Yellin
>
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, JohnH wrote:
>
>> Check all as follows:
>>
>>
>> -- -- Original Message -- --
>> 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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