Re: Re: [Nolug] CD-ROM problem

The backup boot disk I made at installation isn't being recognized, and I can't get it to start from CD anymore.
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From: Scott Harney <scotth@scottharney.com>
Date: 2003/02/25 Tue PM 12:59:56 EST
To: nolug@joeykelly.net
Subject: Re: [Nolug] CD-ROM problem

<jdtiede@bellsouth.net> writes:

You don't edit /etc/mtab manually. You need a rescue disk at this point.

> When I was trying to do an update of RH 8.0 in hopes of finding a
> missing file (subject of a separate message) the system hung and I had
> to reset. At that point it stopped recognizing cdrom. I found a line
> deleted in /etc/fstab, so added:
> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 per one
> of the Linux books I have. That didn't help so I added to /etc/mtab:
> /dev/cdrom / iso9660 ro 0 0 as a best guess going by the other
> entires in mtab.
> After that, clicking on the CD/DVD-ROM icon displays the contects
> of the CD, but I can't remove the CD. When I click on Disk Management,
> CD isn't even displayed.
> When I shut down to reboot, I get a message "Cannot create
> /etc/mtab~. Perhaps there is a stale lock file." On reboot, "mount
> point 0 does not exist" appears. Is this normal? After that, the
> system hangs on "Enabling local filesystem quotas." I am now limited
> to using my W2K machine.
>
>
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