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" <[email protected]>
> To: "Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)" <[email 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
> >> [email protected]
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