Re: Re: [Nolug] CD-ROM problem

Maybe something got messed up in BIOS. Have you tried checking it at
startup?
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com
http://www.originsresource.org
-----Original Message-----
From: jdtiede@bellsouth.net <jdtiede@bellsouth.net>
To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 4:14 PM
Subject: 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.
>============================================================
>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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