You didn't give a mount command. You're probably used to having the computer do it automatically when you load the CDROM. Apparently you are not setup so that you have to do it yourself with mount /mnt/cdrom If that works, "df" should show that the cd is mounted, and its contents should be visible after you then do cd /mnt/cdrom Steven Yellin On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, JohnH wrote: > Check all as follows: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven J. Yellin" <yellin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)" <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:38 PM > Subject: Re: CD-ROM Not Working > > > > Please give more information. What instruction, if any, did you give > > to mount it? > > cd /mnt/cdrom > > > > Did the mount succeed without complaint? > > Yes > > > Where did you then look for data? > > ls and dir > > > Does fstab have a line in it refering to a cdrom, such as /dev/cdrom > > /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 > > Yes, /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 > 0 > > > > > If so, to what does your /dev/cdrom symbolically link? For example, > > ls -l /dev/cdrom might show a line including "/dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdd", > > lrwxrwxrwx 1root root 8 Dec 16 15:04 /dev/cdrom -> /dev /hdc > > > in which case you might be able to see that it really is a CD by > > "cat /proc/ide/hdd/media" showing "cdrom". > > cat /proc/ide/hdc/media > > cdrom > > > I am not going to concern myself with the floppy just yet. I figure I can > fix that with the same DISTRUCTIONS as for the CD. > > > > > Steven Yellin > > > > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, JohnH wrote: > > > >> I had to reinstall RH9 because of my own stupidity (don't ask). > >> Now I can't see anything on my CD's. > >> I can put in an audio CD and it will play but I can't see data on the RH9 > >> install CD's. > >> > >> What am I doing wrong? > >> > >> JohnH > >> pctech@xxxxxxx > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
