ianw1974 Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 OK, rest easy. When you reboot, just run: uname -r to make sure you're using the latest kernel after install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJayBump Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) Yep, I'm running the newer kernel. In fact, upon reboot, the older kernel version as well as the newer kernel version were listed as boot options in LILO, and I chose the newest version. After booting up, I checked from a terminal to be sure, and it's running the 2.6.8.1.24 version. There's probably something simple that I'm overlooking, or something I did that's causing this issue. Thanks again for your help, ian. Edited October 20, 2005 by DeeJayBump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJayBump Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Before i call it a night, here's my /etc/fstab: /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 the DVD burner is /dev/hdc or /mnt/cdrom2 Does anything look wrong in my /etc/fstab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 This is what my CD-Writer says in my fstab: /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,iocharset=iso8859-15,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 Note it's slightly different. Might be worthwhile mirroring your DVD one to look like mine, and see if it helps, so yours would be: /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 user,iocharset=iso8859-15,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 I'm not sure whether you need to change the iocharset value or not. You can try both values and see if it works or not. As I said, mine is a CD-Writer, I would have to build a system at home to check what it would be for my DVD-Writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJayBump Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Note it's slightly different. Might be worthwhile mirroring your DVD one to look like mine, and see if it helps, so yours would be: /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 user,iocharset=iso8859-15,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 ianw1974 Thank you. This worked. Now data and movie DVDs will mount. In order to play movie DVDs I have to do ln -s /dev/hdc /de/dvd but each time I reboot, I have to creat this link again to play DVD movies. How do I create this link permanently? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Hmm, strange one. I'll be building my system with my DVD-RW drive this weekend hopefully, but unable to answer as of now! Someone else however, might be able to suggest a way of making sure it gets mounted permanently! Glad at least you can use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJayBump Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Thanks, Ian for all your help. Good luck with your system build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) This is really quite strange. I have the following /etc/fstab line for my DVD burner :- /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 and I have no difficulty mounting DVDs to read them or burn them. As far as I can see, my fstab looks very much like your original fstab as shown below :- /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 The only difference is the iso-8859 part which is -15 in mine and -1 in yours. I think this could be the problem but the only way to check would be to try it. If you try my line don't forget that the /dev/hd* must be changed to /hdc on your machine. Cheers. John. Edited October 20, 2005 by AussieJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 In order to play movie DVDs I have to do ln -s /dev/hdc /de/dvd but each time I reboot, I have to creat this link again to play DVD movies. How do I create this link permanently? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had a similar issue with 2005LE. The symlink must be created every time you insert the CD or DVD, the service responsible for that is called udev. According to helpful comments from the members of this forum, udev was half-broken in MDK. You may need to check if there are any updates for udev. My solution was to enable supermount, this solved the problem, I can't remember the details, so search this forum for my solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJayBump Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) I think this could be the problem but the only way to check would be to try it. If you try my line don't forget that the /dev/hd* must be changed to /hdc on your machine. Cheers. John. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> John- Here's what I've found: using: /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 user,iocharset=iso8859-15,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 the DVD mounts automatically upon reboot, while using: /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 also works, but I have to mount the DVD manually. You're right--it is peculiar. Edited October 20, 2005 by DeeJayBump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJayBump Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) coverup- Thanks. I will try that and see if it solves the problem. I will also update to 10.1 Official to see if this helps. Edited October 20, 2005 by DeeJayBump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Built my system with LE2005 today, and my fstab says the following for my DVD writer: /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 I've yet to test it, but I thought I'd post in case it may help you with your prob..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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