Change default cd drive in Mandrake 10.1?

funkadelik · 01-20-2005, 05:21 PM

hi people, i have a problem.. im trying to install gain on my computer, but when the installation begins, it asks for my installation disc. the problem is that the default drive is my cdr/rw drive and my install disc is a dvd... i have an external dvd r/rw that can read the install disc but when the installation asks for the disc, it spits out my cdrw drive (mnt/cdrom) and says its "Please insert the medium named "Installation DVD " on device [/dev/hdd] "

my external dvd says it is located at mnt/sr0..

now my question is how do i change the default drive to be the external drive?

i dont know if the command is :

ls -al /dev | grep cdrom
rm /dev/cdrom
ln -s /dev/cdroms/cdromsr0 /dev/cdrom

or something else.. can someone please point me in the right direction?
thanks in advance.

leonscape · 01-20-2005, 05:32 PM

Okay what is the device thats mounted to /mnt/sr0 ( check /etc/fstab ) ? are you sure its /dev/cdroms/cdromsr0 ? it might be something else say /dev/hde ? or /dev/scd0 ? Besides that the rm and ln command look correct.

funkadelik · 01-20-2005, 09:01 PM

hi..

thanks for the reply

my fstab reads like so

Code:

/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/sr0 /mnt/sr0 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /mnt/win_c2 ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

so should i type :

ls -al /dev | grep cdrom
rm /dev/cdrom
ln -s /dev/cdroms/cdrom2 /dev/cdrom

?????????

sorry.. first day in Linux

edit: also i get this error :
rm: remove symbolic link `/dev/cdrom'?

leonscape · 01-20-2005, 09:16 PM

No you should type:

rm /dev/cdrom
ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom

( ls is just list command, probably there to help you, The full command you have simply lists everthing in /dev that has cdrom in its name )

Its not an error its asking you a question, You should hit y and return.

funkadelik · 01-21-2005, 12:25 AM

ahhhhhhhh

no go

"Please insert the medium named "Installation DVD " on device [/dev/hdd] "

did exactly as you said..

sorry

leonscape · 01-21-2005, 03:31 AM

What is it thats on the DVD?

funkadelik · 01-21-2005, 08:34 AM

thanks for the question!!!!!

it asked for the installation disc which contained:
libgtkspell0-2.0.5-2mdk.i586

sooooo when you asked that, i figured, why dont i just download it?

and i did, and now i got gaim installed

thanks

sorry

leonscape · 01-21-2005, 08:47 AM

Glad you got it sorted.
Don't forget to reset things back to what they where

rm /dev/cdrom
ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom

or you might have problems later on.