EDITED: My cdrom problem disappeared on second installation. However, the post-installation package installation problem is apparently a known bug. There's a patch for it, tho I only have the three-cd version at the moment (haven't tried to connect to my LAN yet), and therefore cannot recompile the kernel since I don't have the source code--I think...haven't gotten that far yet! However, popping in CD 1 and saying yes to autorun launched an installation program that handled the package installation just fine.

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Hi all! I am in the process of working the bugs out of my first linux installation. I have Fedora on my laptop (per heading) with a personal desktop configuration.

I am attempting to install more packages using the Add/Remove programs tool, and have discovered a cd-rom problem. When I first boot, I am able to open the drive with the eject button, put in a cd, and the system recognizes it. However, after that I have to open the drive with a paperclip, new discs are not recognized, and the right-click 'eject' option does not work. I receive an alert that 'Nautilus was unable to unmount the selected volume. Looking at the details gives a message 'unmount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy.

When attempting to install new packages, I put in the requested cd and click ok, but it is not recognized and I am again prompted each time I click ok. (Clicking cancel closes the add/remove box entirely.)

Has anyone had this problem? Is there a known fix? Should I try a reinstall?

Any suggestions are much appreciated!

This has happened to me...it was because I had something mounted at /mnt but it wants to mount the CD drive at /mnt/cdrom (which didn't exist because of that)...worked fine after I unmounted.

Hope this helps,
Jeff

i have the exact same problem on my HP...it happens with both red hat and fedora...SuSE works perfectly...so i am using that, but i'd like to be able to figure out why red hat and fedora are doing that and fix it, i'd kinda like to work with fedora for awhile...but i cannot figure out how to fix this.
i know about the bug, and i downloaded the patch, but that made no difference. once i try to install something from the cd and get the "unable to access disk" message, my processor goes to 100% used, my cd light stays on and the only way to stop this madness is to reboot the machine.
i searched...but cannot find anything really about it. this was the first post that described exactly the problem i'm having...