Is this what you need to see? From /var/log/dmesg:

Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: ST340016A, ATA DISK drive
hdb: ST320414A, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hdc: LITE-ON LTR-52246S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: CD-ROM 56X L, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Probing IDE interface ide2...
Probing IDE interface ide3...
Probing IDE interface ide4...
Probing IDE interface ide5...
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 78165360 sectors (40020 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100)
hda: cache flushes not supported
 hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 >
hdb: max request size: 128KiB
hdb: 39102336 sectors (20020 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=38792/16/63, UDMA(100)
hdb: cache flushes not supported
 hdb: unknown partition table
hdd: ATAPI 56X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)

(end dmesg)

FWIW, I had this problem before I changed the system to use supermount. I have 
the same problem of nothing showing up in the drive in Vector Linux, too, 
which doesn't use supermount. I'm starting to think it's a dead drive...

Siri Amrit

> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> > root@localhost:~# dmesg | grep CD
>
> Nothing there. So no reason to continue to next step. See if your boot
> kernel messages (dmesg output) is saved at boot time and check there. Or
> manually look at "dmesg | more" to find your CD.
>
> > root@localhost:~# mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt
> > mount: No medium found
>
> /dev/hdd may be wrong. Your kernel's boot messages will tell you where
> your CD is.
>
> > root@localhost:~# ls -la /mnt
>
> You can skip this step, because previous step failed.
>
> (If you are curious, your /mnt can be remounted to hide the contents that
> you did see.)
>
> As for disabling supermount, maybe have a look at "man supermount".
> (Hopefully, it explains it.)
>
>  Jeremy C. Reed
>
>         open source, Unix, *BSD, Linux training
>        http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/
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