CD-Rom wont open.

WarChild · 03-20-2003, 04:45 PM

I want to install more packages onto my RH8.. but my cd-rom wont open, i tried mounting it.. nothing works. But when i log onto windows, the cdrom works, is there a driver i have to have?

onurb · 03-20-2003, 04:59 PM

To open your CD-rom you have to un-mount it !
umount /dev/cdrom

WarChild · 03-20-2003, 05:01 PM

lol - i tried that

Electro · 03-20-2003, 05:03 PM

Also try typing eject at the bash prompt.

WarChild · 03-20-2003, 05:11 PM

Hm, okay i got it to open but, when i try to update the package on RH, it wont detect the CD.. i put it in there, but it says please insert cd 1 when it already is in

Capt_Caveman · 03-20-2003, 05:27 PM

Once the CD is in, then you have to mount it

Cool trick:
to close the cdrom by itself use:
eject -t cdrom

WarChild · 03-20-2003, 05:34 PM

k.. so unmount cdrom1 ..open it up, put in disk 1, mount the cd, then install packages?

Capt_Caveman · 03-20-2003, 05:35 PM

What do you want to install?

WarChild · 03-20-2003, 05:53 PM

some stuff that i left out when i installed RH8

Capt_Caveman · 03-20-2003, 06:08 PM

once the cd is mounted, use the cd command to move to the cdrom (cd /mnt/cdrom). I can't remember the exact path to the directory, bu I think it's something like Rehat/RPMS.

Once you locate the RPMS directory use the ls command to get a list of what is on that cd (some programs are on other cdroms). If you see the one you want, copy it to your hard-drive using:

cp programname.rpm /home/username/programname.rpm
or wherever you want to put it.

Next login as root and move to the directory where you put the rpm. Now if you don't have an older version of the rpm installed use:
rpm -ivh programname.rpm

If you already have an older version of it, use the upgrade option:
rpm -Uvh programname.rpm

If you run the rpm command and it says a bunch of thing about dependencies, that means you'll have to find those rpms too and copy them over and install them first.