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

> 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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here is what my cdrom is linked to. It is hdb, the primary slave.

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 Jul  6  2003 /dev/cdrom -> 
/dev/hdb


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