Re: cdrom will not read

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Author: Kevin Brown
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: cdrom will not read
Frank Mandato wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> My cdrom will not read any meadia at all, either burned cd's or bought
> ones. Here is my fstab file, I do get a message that a final newline is
> missing.
>
> warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab
>
> LABEL=/                  /                         ext3    
> defaults        1 1
> LABEL=/boot           /boot                  ext3    defaults        1 2
> none                           /dev/pts             devpts 
> gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> LABEL=/home          /home               ext3    defaults        1 2
> none                           /proc                 proc    
> defaults        0 0
> none                           /dev/shm           tmpfs  defaults        
> 0 0
> LABEL=/tmp            /tmp                   ext3   defaults        1 2
> LABEL=/var             /var                    ext3   defaults        1 2
> LABEL=/www         /www                ext3   defaults        1 2
> /dev/hda5                  swap                   swap defaults        0 0
> /dev/cdrom                /mnt/cdrom         iso9660 
> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> /dev/fd0                     /mnt/floppy        auto   
> noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
> /dev/fd1                     /mnt/floppy1      auto   noauto,owner,kudzu 
> 0 0
> /dev/sda1                   /mnt/camera       auto   
> defaults,user,noauto 0 0

>
> The cdrom is detected in the bios, so it is recognized at least there.
> Any ideas as to what may be wrong with, or is there some other file that
> I may have to edit. I am running RH9.
>
> I'd hate to go out and buy a new one if I don't need to, this cdrom is
> only about 3 years old, well, maybe 4.
>
> I did check the cabling, and it is ok, it did work as of a few month
> ago, but I rarely use it, so I am at a loss as to what happened.


What device does /dev/cdrom link to:

ls -l /dev/cdrom

What configuration is the CDROM in (Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary
Master, Secondary Slave)?
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