Kevin Brown wrote:

> Frank Mandato wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>   My cdrom will not read any meadia at all, either burned cd's or 
>> bought ones. Here is my fstab file, I do get a message that a final 
>> newline is missing.
>>
>>   warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab
>>
>> LABEL=/                  /                         ext3    
>> defaults        1 1
>> LABEL=/boot           /boot                  ext3    defaults        1 2
>> none                           /dev/pts             devpts 
>> gid=5,mode=620  0 0
>> LABEL=/home          /home               ext3    defaults        1 2
>> none                           /proc                 proc    
>> defaults        0 0
>> none                           /dev/shm           tmpfs  
>> defaults        0 0
>> LABEL=/tmp            /tmp                   ext3   defaults        1 2
>> LABEL=/var             /var                    ext3   defaults        
>> 1 2
>> LABEL=/www         /www                ext3   defaults        1 2
>> /dev/hda5                  swap                   swap 
>> defaults        0 0
>> /dev/cdrom                /mnt/cdrom         iso9660 
>> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
>> /dev/fd0                     /mnt/floppy        auto   
>> noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
>> /dev/fd1                     /mnt/floppy1      auto   
>> noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
>> /dev/sda1                   /mnt/camera       auto   
>> defaults,user,noauto 0 0
>>
>>   The cdrom is detected in the bios, so it is recognized at least 
>> there. Any ideas as to what may be wrong with, or is there some other 
>> file that I may have to edit. I am running RH9.
>>
>>  I'd hate to go out and buy a new one if I don't need to, this cdrom 
>> is only about 3 years old, well, maybe 4.
>>
>>  I did check the cabling, and it is ok, it did work as of a few month 
>> ago, but I rarely use it, so I am at a loss as to what happened.
>
>
> What device does /dev/cdrom link to:
>
> ls -l /dev/cdrom
>
> What configuration is the CDROM in (Primary Master, Primary Slave, 
> Secondary Master, Secondary Slave)?
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Kevin, I ran that command and here is what came back:
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 Jul  6  2003 /dev/cdrom -> 
/dev/hdb

I installed a second cd, both are recognized when booting, both are 
displayed in my hardware browser, one is hdd the other is hdb. They are 
also both showing up in /etc/fstab.

What concerns me is that neither one will boot from the RH7.0 cd, that 
one was purchased fron RH when it first came out, so I know that it is a 
good cd.

Both cdroms are configured as slaves, one is primary the other 
secondary, could be the cable, could be the mobo, I don't know. When I 
disconnect the primary slave cdrom, My hda, the boot drive, is not seen 
when booting up, even tho I reset hda as a single drive with the jumper.

I am beginning to think that something is wrong on the hardware end, 
don't know what else to think.

The mobo is a MicroStrar, about 5 years old with a 450 PII on it, 
everything runs fine, no problems, except with those darn cdroms.

Thanks for the help, it's appreciated.

FrankM

 

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