Ok....when ever I insert a linux cd into my computer or attempt to install software from my linux cd's my pc freezes and i have to restart it with the power switch

music cd's are fine...but it seems my system doesnt like data cd's...any ideas?

What version of MDK are you running? Are the CD's regular iso9660 format?

Try disabling supermount. See man pages for details.

im running 9.1 and how would i go about disabling supermount.....sorta new at this....bout the only way i can install something is if its allready on the cd and i reformat and make sure to select it manually.....

like i needed the autofs package and i couldnt install it with just the cd or the packages on the net so i reinstalled linux to get it....which is a real pain in the @$$...

and i am assuming the cd's are iso9660 format.....i did download the iso's from mandrake and burned them straight to cd's

ok when i do a

supermount disable

in a konsole it says "command not found" so i am assuming that its not even on my system....

i am begging to wonder if i need to download the 9.1 iso's WITH linux and BURN THEM....WITH LINUX....cuz i was using win xp/2000 when i dl'd and burned it....thinking that is my problem...bad installation cd's.....bad checksum maybe....cuz i am having all sorts of weird problems....

hell when i finally got linux to recognize my 810 graphics chip i kept trying to configure it for my ati radeon 7500 64mb pci and my display would get screwed or couldnt see so i kept reformatting and trying again....now it doesnt work on my 810 chip and i dont see any thing untill i press ctrl-alt-f4 several times and it shows up on my ati card instead......but in kde control it says im using my 810 chip.....WEIRD.....

bump

/usr/sbin/supermount

Are you trying to install a package from the install CD's

yeah i am trying to install packages from the install cd's....

So what are you using to install the packages? MDK package manager or console command?

definitely MDK package manager....

console command?? if your talking about when i run commands like ./configure|make|make install to install software then yeah....but they dont seem to work tho either....and i dont get any errors from them....if thats what your talking about....

Actually you can install a *.rpm file using the console command rpm.

You could try mounting the CD first and see if the computer still locks up.

i've tried mounting the cd rom but its not working.....
and i cant seem to figure out which device its on
hdc
scd0
cdrom
i just dunno which one it is....and when ever i try every one to mount it it tells me

[root@localhost AntiVir]# mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
/dev/hdc: Input/output error
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
/dev/hdc: Input/output error
mount: you must specify the filesystem type