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Yes, exactly the same, except for the date & time of course.----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven J. Yellin" <yellin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)" <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:35 PM Subject: Re: CD-ROM Not Working
It sounds like it's complaining that /mnt/cdrom is not a directory. It should be. Does "ls -ld /mnt/cdrom" show something like drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 20 11:45 /mnt/cdrom where the "d" at the beginning means it's a directory. Steven Yellin On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, JohnH wrote:It informed me that mount: Not a directory ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven J. Yellin" <yellin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)" <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: Re: CD-ROM Not Working > You didn't give a mount command. You're probably used to > having the computer do it automatically when you load the CDROM. > Apparently you are not setup so that you have to do it yourself > with > > mount /mnt/cdrom > > If that works, "df" should show that the cd is mounted, and > its contents should be visible after you then do > > cd /mnt/cdrom > > Steven Yellin > > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, JohnH wrote: > >> Check all as follows: >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steven J. Yellin" <yellin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: "Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)" <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:38 PM >> Subject: Re: CD-ROM Not Working >> >> >> > Please give more information. What instruction, if any, did you >> > give >> > to mount it? >> >> cd /mnt/cdrom >> >> >> > Did the mount succeed without complaint? >> >> Yes >> >> > Where did you then look for data? >> >> ls and dir >> >> > Does fstab have a line in it refering to a cdrom, such as >> > /dev/cdrom >> > /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 >> >> Yes, /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 >> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 >> 0 >> >> > >> > If so, to what does your /dev/cdrom symbolically link? For example,>> > ls -l /dev/cdrom might show a line including "/dev/cdrom -> >> > /dev/hdd",>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1root root 8 Dec 16 15:04 /dev/cdrom -> >> /dev>> /hdc >> >> > in which case you might be able to see that it really is a CD by >> > "cat /proc/ide/hdd/media" showing "cdrom". >> >> cat /proc/ide/hdc/media >> >> cdrom >> >>>> I am not going to concern myself with the floppy just yet. I figure I >> can>> fix that with the same DISTRUCTIONS as for the CD. >> >> > >> > Steven Yellin >> > >> > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, JohnH wrote: >> > >> >> I had to reinstall RH9 because of my own stupidity (don't ask). >> >> Now I can't see anything on my CD's.>> >> I can put in an audio CD and it will play but I can't see data on >> >> the>> >> RH9 >> >> install CD's. >> >> >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> >> >> JohnH >> >> pctech@xxxxxxx >> >> -- >> Shrike-list mailing list >> Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list >> > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.23/591 - Release Date: > 12/17/2006 3:17 PM > > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list-- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.23/591 - Release Date: 12/17/2006 3:17 PM
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