SloHands Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 I have just installed v9.1 after removing v9.0 of Mandrake. While the new distro is an improvement in many area's, it fails in others. One of which is allowing me access to my DVD-ROM and CD-RW burner. The system tells me I do not have permissions for access. I am the lone user / admin of the system. What I know about and the using of Linux, you could put on the head of a pin and still have room for the "Lord's Prayer". But, I learning or at least trying to. Getting past the "Windows Syndrome" is a bit daunting. LOL The point being, I need to be "led by the hand" for awhile, to understand compiling the system to fit my needs. BTW, I will not be returning to anything Windows. Thanks for listening and for helping. I may become a PITA for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Hi SloHandsWelcome to the forum !I see you´re having problems with your Mandrake 9.1. Would you allow me to ask a really stupid question, as you try to acces your CD-rom is there a CD in the drive. And if you use konqueror to navigate and klick in the side bar on /mnt ( may take some time to open, what do you see ? Are the CDrom and floppy there ? Are they locked ? ( even with the CD in the drive )Please report back to me ! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloHands Posted May 14, 2003 Author Share Posted May 14, 2003 Hey Bruno, thanks for the quick reply. Yes there was a CD in the drawer, but not locked. I did get a window that said /mnt/cdrom was not available or something (my poor memory). I attempted to remedy the permission thingy, but I am lost at how to use the commandline. I used the Mandrake Control Center here. Didn't think of Konquerer as a solution point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Hi SloHandsO.K. if you click on the CD directory in /mnt does it open and show the contents of your CD ? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloHands Posted May 14, 2003 Author Share Posted May 14, 2003 Nope. I get the window stating I do not have permission to access it. There were files I wanted to view on a CD... and this also applies to the CD-RW, which I had media in.... I was looking to burn some files I had downloaded, but I got the same window and message... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Hi SloHandsOpen a console and typesugive your rootpassword andmount /dev/cdrommount /mnt/cdromCtrl+ddo the same with cdrom2B) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloHands Posted May 14, 2003 Author Share Posted May 14, 2003 Outstanding Bruno. I'll do just that, but later. I have some "honey-do" errands to get done asap. I'll post back later.. TUVM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Allright SloHands, see you later !Have a nice time, Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloHands Posted May 14, 2003 Author Share Posted May 14, 2003 Rats, Bruno! That solution did not work for me. It stated that ( mount: can't find /dev/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 SloHands,Would you post that fstab here ?This is what you should doopen a console and type:cat /etc/fstab >fstab.txtThen go to your home dir. ( just clikcing ) and click on the txt file we just made, that will open it, just copy the text and paste it here in your next post ! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloHands Posted May 14, 2003 Author Share Posted May 14, 2003 cat/ectfstab>fstab.txtbash: cat/ectfstab: No such file or directory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quint Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 cat/ectfstab>fstab.txtbash: cat/ectfstab: No such file or directoryGuessing here, but, did you leave a space between "cat" and "/etc/fstab" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloHands Posted May 15, 2003 Author Share Posted May 15, 2003 Hiya Quint, nope ... no space... and just to check if it was necessary, I went into console and tried that... same response... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 SloHandsIt should be, (and do not mind the dots, they are space )cat . ./etc/fstab . .>fstab.txt Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloHands Posted May 15, 2003 Author Share Posted May 15, 2003 cat /ect/fstab >fstab.txtcat: /ect/fstab: No such file or directoryI made the changes as prescribed and the above was the response... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 SloHandsNo FSTAB ?This is absolutely impossible, I guess that is why you cant access your cdroms !I fear I have to advice you to re-install.Re-format only your / partition and leave your /home partition as it is ! This way all your personal settings and stuff will be saved !I´m very sorryB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloHands Posted May 15, 2003 Author Share Posted May 15, 2003 LOL Bruno, not to be sorry or disturbed.. I certainly am not.... I cannot tell you the hundreds of times I went thru this with all the windows systems, that never stablized, so this is not unfamiliar territory for me to deal with.... and, I know that it may happen again. The thing is, Linux is a far superior system compared to Windows, IMO. Each step is getting me farther from the dependence and Micro$oft's stangle hold on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quint Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Hope you were putting "etc" and not "ect". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Bruno, not to be sorry or disturbed.. I certainly am not.... I cannot tell you the hundreds of times I went thru this with all the windows systems, that never stablized, so this is not unfamiliar territory for me to deal with.... and, I know that it may happen again.That´s the spirit SloHands ! Hope to see you up and running soon !Be carefull with messing around with dependencies on the commandline though ! And first check if you have an /etc/fstab in your new setuo. :( Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jong357 Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Yea, He keeps posting "ect/fstab"..... There's the problem. I've never heard of not having an fstab but anythings possible I guess...... Hope he didn't format already..... Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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