Re: [TCLUG:18625] Lets have more eOne fun.

[Lord Xoi <xoi@mn.mediaone.net>]

on 6/11/00 2:09 PM, John J. Trammell at trammell@nitz.hep.umn.edu wrote:

> Lord Xoi <xoi@mn.mediaone.net> wrote:
> 
>> I've managed to do a minimal install without X, now however my Cd-rom
>> doesn't work, but unlike before under Mandrake, this time it gives me no
>> message at all.  And when I try:
>> 
>> mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
>> 
>> I get the message:
>> 
>> mount: the kernel does not recognise /dev/hdc as a block device (maybe
>> 'insmod driver'?)
>> 
>> and I also tried replacing the hdc with hdb and hdc wih no luck.
>> 
>> any suggestions?
>> 
> 
> Some questions you need to address:
> 
> [0] What exactly do you mean by "my cdrom doesn't work"?  To me this
> means that you know the problem is with your cdrom.  More than
> likely the problem exists elsewhere.

What I mean is that I can put a CD in the drive and I cannot access it.  I
can boot off of the cdrom drive however.

> [1] Does your kernel have iso9660 filesystem support compiled in?

I have no idea, how would I find out.

> [2] Are you loading the modules needed to support the ISO fs?

Same as above.

> 
> j
> 
> 
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