mandrake 9.0 old boy...

gn000we · 05-06-2003, 12:47 PM

Why is there a lock symbol on my CD-ROM and Floppy Drive? How come the permissions say root can access, yet when root, says ".. do not have access rights to this location".. What's going on??
Do I need to register or something? Can I override it somehow?

tangle · 05-06-2003, 01:10 PM

Did you mount the drive?

Proud · 05-06-2003, 01:35 PM

Is there a cd in the drive? Mandrake 9.0 uses supermount, which automatically mounts the drive when there's something to mount

Register?! Hehe

This is linux dear boy, not Microsoft.

gn000we · 05-06-2003, 03:03 PM

Have unmounted, tried remounting, etc.

"mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only"
"mount: No medium found"

I've even been down to first name terms with my CD drive i.e. "/dev/ide/cd/cdf6fd5s6" or something like that.

Would my CD-ROM be SCSI?

Thanks to everyone. Jesus bless and all the best,

contrasutra · 05-06-2003, 04:38 PM

If its a CDRW, it needs SCSI-Emulation, so thats probobly why it shows up as SCSI.

gn000we · 05-06-2003, 04:49 PM

Naa it aint CDRW.. I'm talkin old skool; plain CD-ROM!
Still don't understand but still!

Well, cheers anyhoo.. Just gotta keep at it!
Like Jericho.. It will fall.. oh yes.. it will >

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tangle · 05-06-2003, 07:07 PM

Are you trying to mount an audio cd? If you are trying to mount a data cd then it sounds to me like the drive is bad.

gn000we · 05-07-2003, 01:11 PM

ARRR CDRW!!!

I used a music CD.. Fine! Played on the CD Player software fine!

Then I used an old CD!!!! a CDR CD!.. It worked!

Sooooooooo.. what you meant was that I need a SCSI emulator for CD-RW CD's, yeh?