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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Kevin, I ran that command and here is what came back:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jul 6 2003 /dev/cdrom ->
/dev/hdb
I installed a second cd, both are recognized when booting, both are
displayed in my hardware browser, one is hdd the other is hdb. They are
also both showing up in /etc/fstab.
What concerns me is that neither one will boot from the RH7.0 cd, that
one was purchased fron RH when it first came out, so I know that it is a
good cd.
Both cdroms are configured as slaves, one is primary the other
secondary, could be the cable, could be the mobo, I don't know. When I
disconnect the primary slave cdrom, My hda, the boot drive, is not seen
when booting up, even tho I reset hda as a single drive with the jumper.
I am beginning to think that something is wrong on the hardware end,
don't know what else to think.
The mobo is a MicroStrar, about 5 years old with a 450 PII on it,
everything runs fine, no problems, except with those darn cdroms.
Thanks for the help, it's appreciated.
FrankM
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