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i'm trying out the instant opengroup software. it comes with suse server. i installed it, and am try to get it running, but i keep running into walls. the suse server boots to a terminal - no gui. i downloaded gnome 2.2, and created a cd, but i can't get the cdrom working. tried mount cdrom, dvd as per other posts, but get no mount point error. i checked fstab and mtab but they have no entries for cdrom. how can i find the mount point (if there is one)?
i need explicit instuctions: i'm a newbie. i'm also running kubuntu 7.11, and like that os! i tried setting u a ubuntu server, but also got a terminal screen there at boot. my next challenge is to get the server running with windows network. i installed samba on kubuntu and am making some headway with the firewall. hopefully i can give windows the boot
thanks for your reply. i created a directory, and tried to mount to it, but get the no mount point error. i didn't notice anything close to what could be a mount point either.
thanks for your reply. i created a directory, and tried to mount to it, but get the no mount point error. i didn't notice anything close to what could be a mount point either.
Can you post the commands you've been using? The no mount point error means that the directory you're using as a mount point doesn't exist. It could be that the mkdir command didn't work or that you're not referring to it properly in the mount command.
Check /dev to see if cdrom exists. In one version of Suse that I've used, cdrom is a symlink to /dev/hdc; in another, cdrom was symlinked to /dev/st0.
From the command line, run /usr/sbin/hwinfo --cdrom. That should tell you the device. Look for something like this ' Device File: /dev/hdc ' in the output. If you get an error that /dev/cdrom doesn't exist, then you know why you can't mount it. Just make a symlink to the correct device, and mount it.
Check /dev to see if cdrom exists. In one version of Suse that I've used, cdrom is a symlink to /dev/hdc; in another, cdrom was symlinked to /dev/st0.
From the command line, run /usr/sbin/hwinfo --cdrom. That should tell you the device. Look for something like this ' Device File: /dev/hdc ' in the output. If you get an error that /dev/cdrom doesn't exist, then you know why you can't mount it. Just make a symlink to the correct device, and mount it.
thanks.
/usr/sbin/hwinfo --cdrom returns 'no such file or directory. i tried other variants of cdrom - cdrw, cdwriter, cdwriter-rw, cdrom-hdc with same results.
media directory is empty.
qstn: is it possible to install gnome? is there a reason suse does not have gnome as part of the package?
if i can install gnome, then can i install it directly from the internet through the command line?
1.Step 1 : mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
2.Step 2 : modify /etc/fstab
(1) vim /etc/fstab
(2) add(or modify)
/dev/dvd /mnt/cdrom auto defaults 0 0
(3) save it.
3.Step 3 : reboot the server.
B. Burn the files into the disk by using win7-->Burn to VCD/DVD drive.
(To avoid : bad superblock
ex : the error information -- mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom)
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