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Thread ID: 46248	2004-06-18 02:42:00	Linux: Unable to access disk (CD drive)	dudess_on_a_mish (4468)	Press F1

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245599	2004-06-18 02:42:00	I am trying to add some more applications in Fedora Core 2 via Package Management in KDE but when I press OK after inserting Disk 2 of the installation CD I get the message "Unable to access disk - The disk was unable to be accessed for reading . Please confirm that it is in the drive and try again" . This is strange because when the disc is put in the CD drive a Konqueror window opens with the contents of the CD displayed . I had the same problem in Fedora Core 1 and the only way I could add more apps was to reinstall Fedora and I don't particularly want to do that again . Anyone have any ideas please? I can't find any info on this on Google .	dudess_on_a_mish (4468)
245600	2004-06-18 02:53:00	I don't like the OS automounting the CD when it's inserted. ;-) That might be the problem. Try making Konqueror release the drive so the package manager can grab it. Or have a look at /etc/fstab ... make sure the entry for the CD has "users" in its options column.	Graham L (2)
245601	2004-06-18 03:13:00	> Or have a look at /etc/fstab ... make sure the entry for the CD has "users" in its options column. Thank you Graham, that did the trick. :-)	dudess_on_a_mish (4468)
245602	2004-07-02 23:09:00	Unfortunately I still have this problem. :-( > Try making Konqueror release the drive so the package manager can grab it. Can you explain how to do that, please? In simple terms, preferably.... :p	dudess_on_a_mish (4468)
245603	2004-07-03 03:02:00	Umm . ;-) I still don't like the system mounting things automatically . Open a terminal window (as root) . Then you can type umount /mnt/cdrom . You might try repeating that a couple of times, until it says it's not mounted . (I've had the mount[ command show the CD mounted several times . :-( ) The programme installer will complain and retry until it manages to grab the CD itself . I hope . ;-) If it asks for other disks, this will probably happen again and it will pay to keep the terminal open . I suppose you swear and kill the Konqueror window each time it happens . This is what happens when well-meaning enthusiasts try to make things user-fiendly and "like Windows" . :_|	Graham L (2)
245604	2004-07-03 03:51:00	OK, I'm getting somewhere . . . . sort of . ;-) Somehow or other I managed to update some packages when the PC was booted with CD#2 in the drive but then couldn't eject it for CD#3 without doing the umount thing -- then it repeated its complaint about being unable to access the disc . Doing the umount thing a few times didn't make an impression so I am back to square one again . This is becoming a long, slow and painful process . Swearing and killing the Konqueror window makes no difference whatsover . :-( >This is what happens when well-meaning enthusiasts try to make things user-fiendly and "like Windows" . What is your recommendation? I don't have to have autorun (it is disabled in Windows) . If I remove autorun or whatever from /etc/fstab what are the consequences? How will I be able to run/access CDs? Will I need to mount them manually at each session? I am not scared of the command line as long as I know what to type and where/when I have to type things . :-)	dudess_on_a_mish (4468)
245605	2004-07-03 04:01:00	I much prefer to mount disks myself . I think I know what I'm doing . I don't trust software to know what I'm doing . All you have to do is mount /mnt/cdrom or umount /mnt/cdrom . You hardly ever have to mount a floppy, because the mcopy, mdir, etc commands seem to work directly on the hardware device . mount tells you what is mounted . Taking out the "automount" should stop it happening . There is a service running to recognise the changed disk so it's probably a good idea to stop that from running . But I don't know off hand what it's called . ;-)	Graham L (2)
245606	2004-07-03 04:09:00	OK, I don't think it will be a problem to mount the drives myself. From the /etc/fstab contents copied below, would I remove the entire lines for the CD drives? As you can see it has "noauto" in there - I thought that disabled the autorun? LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 noauto,users,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/data vfat auto,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hdb6 /mnt/music vfat auto,umask=0 0 0	dudess_on_a_mish (4468)
245607	2004-07-03 04:30:00	You could, but it makes work . :D You'd have to do mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom or worse . The "kudzu" says the entry was made by kudzu --- the "checking for new hardware" at startup . (kudzu might just replace the entries if you took them out . ;-) ) If you have an entry in fstab, you can say "mount /dev/cdrom" or "mount /mnt/cdrom" -- either will do -- that is, either the -device- or the -mountpoint- will do . The "noauto" just tells the system not to mount at boot time (because there might not be a CD there to mount . The other disk drive have to be mounted at boot time . I thought there might have been an "automount" option so you might have to find and stop the service . Taking out the "kudzu" option might have the effect we want . . . By the way, if one of your CD drives is a writer, it might not work with the "ro" (read-only) option . ;-)	Graham L (2)
245608	2004-07-03 04:43:00	Hmm, plenty of food for thought there Graham, I'll give it some consideration before deciding what to do . You have clarified a few matters for me which explains some things that I didn't know . I have finally bashed the package updater into submission and have added all the packages I require . It might think twice before attempting to tell me who is boss next time . ;-) Many thanks for all your help, it is much appreciated . :-) Now, moving on to the next mission . . . .	dudess_on_a_mish (4468)
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