[NTLUG:Discuss] Mounting and unmounting my CDROM's

[Greg Edwards]

falconjetflyer at netscape.net wrote:

> I am running Mandrake 8.1.   I have an orginal ATAPI 50X CDROM which should
> be hdb and a 20x/10x/40x CDRW that i installed later.  
> I am having trouble mounting and unmounting the original 50x cdrom.  It won't mount most of the time.  When I have been able to mount it won't unmount.  
> 
> Hardrake show it twice.  Once as an IDE (/dev/hdb) and once as a SCSI device (/dev/scd0) and the CDRW is the same, once as hdc and then again as /dev/scd1.
> 
> My difficulty must be with my lack of understanding of mounting this device.
> 
> In Mandrake, right clicking on the desktop provides for auto mounting the FD or CDROM.  It will tell me that Nautilus is unable to mount the device.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated. 
> Garion
> 


Garion,

If this is a stock Mandrake install then you'll see that /etc/fstab has 
your cdrom devices setup to supermount.  This means that you DO NOT 
issue a mount command.  Simply put the CD in and open access /mnt/cdrom. 
  I don't have multiples so your mileage will vary a little.

Do you have 2 different mount points setup for the drives?

Hope this helps.


-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com