CD Rom cant access
 

Okay ive got libranet 2.0 installed finally... but windows-x wont work because it cant use my video card (radeon 9600)... found out i need linux drivers(.rpm)... I have downloaded them(2.96MB) and put them on a cd....


now my cdrom is the primary slave therefor /dev/hdb right. or /dev/cdrom right.... neither work and i cant access the cd rom just says doesnt exsist, and i tried /dev/cdrom/ as well.... also tried remounting the cd player... mount /dev/cdrom /dev/hdb. I cannot get to the cd rom to access the drivers(which are too big for floppy)


used dmesg and i can see ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB cache, UDA(33).... need help on how to access cd rom....

Exactly what are the commands are you using to access?

/dev/cdrom
 

I use "/dev/cdrom" but then get the message permission denied (i am logged in as root as well)

Exact commands please. Like " I used 'mount /dev/hdb' ".

i did "mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /dev/hdb

Usage of mount: 'mount [device] [directory]'
/dev/cdrom is just a link to another device (probably hdb)
/dev/hdb is probably your cdrom (remember what was in demsg? it says it).
To mount /dev/hdb:
mkdir /mnt/cdrom make /mnt/cdrom directory
mount /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom mount the cdrom
You can try '-t auto', or '-t iso9660' with that.

woot
 

thank you it works great now... but when i run the rpm tool on the drive it gives me errors,

What kind of errors...

it says "cannot open packeges using db3, no such file or directory(2)
"cannot open packages in var/lib/rpm"