LinuxQuestions.org

LinuxQuestions.org (/questions/)
-   Linux - Distributions (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-distributions-5/)
-   -   Strange CD-ROM access problems with Mandy 8.2 (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-distributions-5/strange-cd-rom-access-problems-with-mandy-8-2-a-19022/)

X11 04-20-2002 10:51 PM
Strange CD-ROM access problems with Mandy 8.2
 
Mandrake 8.2 seems to have problems with accessing the CD-ROM every now and then. Eg. Sometimes you can access/see the files and directories and somtimes you can't.

I didn't have this type of problem with Mandrake 8.0, but I do with 8.2 on two different machines (with different hardware).

here's the contents of /etc/fstab of Mandy 8.2
Quote:
/dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1

none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0

none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15 0 0

/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hda2 /usr ext3 noatime 1 1

/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

zmedico 04-20-2002 10:56 PM
Re: Strange CD-ROM access problems with Mandy 8.2
 
Quote:
Originally posted by X11
.. problems with accessing the CD-ROM every now and then. Eg. Sometimes you can access/see the files and directories and somtimes you can't.
That sounds like a possible hardware problem. Maybe you can take appart the CD-ROM and blast it with air or something else that is ozone-friendly.

oostevo 04-21-2002 10:28 PM
Do you, by chance, have a CD-RW drive?

If you do, you have some configuration to do with pretent-SCSI (see www.linuxdoc.org).

I upgraded from a normal CD drive to a CD-RW drive and I had the same sort of errors.

X11 04-22-2002 11:59 PM
Don't worry I've reinstalled Mandy 8.0 and don't have the problem any more. I think it's probably because of the differences in the fstab file (located in the /etc directory). Here's the contents of the fstab on Mandy 8.0.
Quote:
/dev/hda5 / reiserfs noatime 1 1

none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0

/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0

/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hda2 /usr reiserfs noatime 1 2

/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

KayJay 04-23-2002 06:00 AM
watchout! mdk 8.2 comes with standard supermount..
it's evil and get rid of that.. check mtab this time

heh too late!

X11 04-26-2002 10:03 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by KayJay
watchout! mdk 8.2 comes with standard supermount..
it's evil and get rid of that.. check mtab this time

heh too late!
Mandy 8.0 works no probs with the auto mounting, so I can't see what the problem is???


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:35 AM.