On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 04:25:22PM -0700, EasyStreet wrote: > I am running Debian 3 on a laptop PC. A Dell > Latitude XPi, Pentium 133. > > This laptop does not have a network card or a CD > drive. > > I have both of these devices on PCMCIA cards. > > I think the CD-ROM drive works, but I can't > access it. When I boot the system, the messages > I get and the CD ROM drive activation light lead > me to believe that it is identified and running. > But I don't know how to find it or access it. > > The last text I see before my Debian prompt for > login is: > > hdg: ATAPI 6X CD-ROMdrive, 123kB Cache > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 > ide_cs: hdg: Vcc=5.0, Vpp= 0.0 > Debian GNU Linux 3.0 debian tty1 > > I tried to mount the drive, but was unsuccessful.
Were you non-root? If not, are you a member of group cdrom? Was the cd in the drive a data cd? Is /dev/cdrom mentioned in /etc/fstab? Does /dev/cdrom exist? > Can anyone give me some commands to try to test > and access the CD drive? As root, with a data cd in the drive, try running: mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdg /cdrom -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
