[SOLVED] upgrade issue: my fstab file is wrong, and I can't get my system to read the cdrom

mark_alfred · 03-05-2011, 07:09 PM

Hello. I have dial-up, and I just got my Squeeze dvds. So, I have been upgrading, following the advice of the release notes. As laid out in the release notes, I first did a Minimal system upgrade (apt-get upgrade), followed by installing the new kernel, and then installing the new udev. After this I rebooted.

The problem has started here. I'm supposed to do the last step, which is to run "apt-get dist-upgrade", but my system now won't read the dvd-rom:

Code:

debian:/home/mark# apt-get dist-upgrade [..]
377 upgraded, 327 newly installed, 62 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/907MB of archives.
After this operation, 643MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled
 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27'
in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter

Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled
 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27'
in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter

Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled
 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27'
in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter

Squeeze Dvd #1 is in the drive, but no matter how many times I press enter, it does not read it. I notice now when it is booting up, that the hard drive is referred to as (I think) sda instead of hda. sda used to be what my usb drive (aka flash drive) was called, but this seems not the case now (I cannot mount either my cdrom drive or my flash drive now). My /etc/fstab file looks like this:

Code:

  # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
UUID=14c375f6-91a3-45cd-b12a-d06b507c9dfe       /               ext3    default$
# /dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
UUID=4e922dbc-7979-43c7-aa77-dbdc7d716b31       none            swap    sw     $
# /dev/hdc      /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/hdc        /cdrom auto defaults,noauto,ro  0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  vfat,msdos      rw,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/sda1       /media/usb      vfat    noauto,user     0       0
#UUID=A456-E995 /media/usb      vfat    noauto,user     0       0
/dev/sdb1       /media/usb2     vfat    noauto,user     0       0
/dev/sdc1       /media/usb3     vfat    noauto,user     0       0
/dev/hdb1       /media/hdb      ext3    noauto,user     0       0

The commented out "/dev/hdc" was the old one with Lenny, that previously worked. As I mentioned, this stopped working after upgrading udev. So, I tried what was written in the release notes, that being, to add "/dev/hdc /cdrom auto defaults,noauto,ro 0 0" to the fstab file, but this has not worked.

Is there something I can do to automagically get fstab correct? Does anyone have any advice on how I can get the system to see the cdrom (actually dvd-rom) drive? And what are these weird UUID entries?

mark_alfred · 03-05-2011, 07:42 PM

Well, I did manage to get the system to find the cdrom. It seems that /dev/hdc has been renamed to /dev/cdrom1 (on my system anyway). So, I repositioned my mount points there. However, I still can't figure out where the usb (aka flash drive) is. It used to be /dev/sda, but this seems to be for the hard drive now.

mark_alfred · 03-05-2011, 08:04 PM

There is a UUID thingy up there for the usb. So, I uncommented that, and I now can mount it. I had previously tried that, and it gave me an error. But, it does work now (I'm in the process of upgrading). I had a hell of a time getting connected to the internet, but hopefully that won't be a problem in the future (I had to use pppconfig, and then pon, because kppp would not connect me.) Anyway, that may be a new thread in the near future. But, for now, I've solved my issues.

mark_alfred · 03-05-2011, 10:04 PM

I prematurely marked this as solved, but I'm still having some issues. Please see my new thread on these.

mark_alfred · 03-06-2011, 06:26 PM

I solved most of the issues by finishing the upgrade online. I shouldn't have had to go online, though, to do this (the dvds really should have worked to upgrade the system.) Perhaps I'll file a bug, but I don't know what to file it under.