unable to detect cdrom drive?

[udontlie]

when i try to install some softwares, like always it asks me for the installation cds

i pop the cd that it wants and pressed ok

but it doesnt work

i still says i have to insert that cd

 

i tried to check the mount by going to /mnt/cdrom and see if there was anything inside there

there was nutin inside the folder

i thought maybe it was the cd then so i tried another cd which is a music cd

but that also was not detected

 

so i thought maybe the mount is bad?

 

so i tried to mount it myself by doing a mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

this time i checked that the data is indeed in the folder /mnt/cdrom

but it still asks me for the cd when i click ok

 

does anyone no what is wrong?

i have just started to use mandrake not too long ago and i m still not familar with it

 

i used to use mandrake 10 and i never had this problem

but now i m using 10.1 and this happens

 

can someone help me out?

 

thanks

 

[moved from Installing Mandrake by spinynorman]

[Draco Araurlis]

I have similar problem. Seems to have happened since I stuck in the CD-Writer. Everything seems ok but cannot detect the CDs at all.

 

Any Ideas as to what needs to be check or rearranged?