From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KDJni-00033E-20 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:52:14 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7B18E03F3; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:51:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.240]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B29E03F3 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:51:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so1216783rvf.46 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:51:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=UhyILTtzI+7zlUqfcktavTqYo+0OD0D03WGEotJIJ6U=; b=qzk3shb1kPRr3wHaALHjftNJmpIsybd1QfSKa3teC7rkrmizun6p5M9SDcOZDfh5rg 3EY2XyMyXZUWg6xOTgha9IA+ZvikSNMsFvh2GHK8tSybuSA3Xw4VUY+fMGbTI1m6Sezr KDnoUH+E+BUbzSxKD1zOaeb2GBQiF2jihqqaM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Yyk4YFOTiCpYsXtqfLkoR4AUJHAmpLS09qquq2Er7HZ4edBcAV6I8BxDAM1fSe1qqQ sow4IuvoLtnLepMRDAaDxna/OKXfaqQgoD13cbOcqRx39GUomoRlJqzFOCHPi0JB3Ltk MqA+mWo2lhVgOHX3IKqYRlfijnNl+66Doxvro= Received: by 10.141.193.1 with SMTP id v1mr2654475rvp.73.1214833883984; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.15.12 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:51:23 -0300 From: "Eduardo Otubo" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb In-Reply-To: <62810.43320.qm@web65504.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <95ef8cd0806282106x4935dd1bt43dfb917938acf32@mail.gmail.com> <62810.43320.qm@web65504.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> X-Archives-Salt: 4bd92e5b-5fc2-453a-894b-d6ccdb6c4016 X-Archives-Hash: 35e029fd2c344ce89dab10ba513e5400 Hi again, In fact, just like Ricardo said, my congrats to a person who wants to learn Linux starting by Gentoo :-) But, back to the problem: Then, I insist at the point: As root, try to mount it manually and paste the output here: # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Certify that /mnt/cdrom exists. :-) []'s On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Norman Hakim wrote: >> > Norman, >> > >> > I am glad to know that you have chosen Gentoo as your >> first contact >> > with GNU/Linux. First of all, congratulations! having >> a working Gentoo >> > system without any previous Linux knowledge is a >> terrific start! >> > >> > I assumed that you knew what fstab is and how to >> modify that file >> > because it is explained in the Gentoo Handbook, which >> is the reference >> > to install this distribution. >> > >> > As explained in the Gentoo Handbook chapter 8 [1], you >> manually >> > created a text file under "/etc" called >> "fstab". This simple text file >> > contains all the necessary information to, let's >> say "auto-mount" your >> > different devices. >> > >> > This is my fstab, I post it here as an example: >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > /dev/hdc1 /boot >> > ext2 defaults,noatime >> 1 2 >> > /dev/hdc3 / >> > reiserfs noatime >> 0 1 >> > /dev/hdc2 >> > none swap sw >> 0 >> > 0 >> > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto >> noauto,ro,user 0 >> > 0 >> > /dev/floppy/fd0 /mnt/floppy >> > auto noauto,rw,user >> 0 0 >> > /dev/hda1 >> > /mnt/RIC vfat >> defaults,noatime,user >> > 0 0 >> > /dev/hdb2 /mnt/ZERO >> > vfat defaults,noatime,user >> 0 0 >> > /dev/sda1 >> > /mnt/USB auto noauto,rw,user >> > >> > # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! >> > proc /proc >> > proc defaults >> 0 0 >> > >> > # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at >> /dev/shm for >> > # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). >> > # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable >> ramdisk, and will >> > # use almost no memory if not populated with files) >> > shm >> > /dev/shm tmpfs >> nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 >> > 0 >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Usually, adding this >> > >> > "/dev/cdrom >> > /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user >> 0 0" >> > >> > should be enough to have your cd-rom/cd-rw/dvd working >> =). >> > >> > If that does not work, then let us know and see if we >> can figure out >> > something else. If it does work, then great! go on >> enjoying Gentoo >> > Linux. >> > >> > You learn a lot using Gentoo. Is the only distribution >> that gave m the >> > chance to learn a lot about Linux. It is very stable >> and flexible, you >> > always have control over your own system, that is very >> important. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Ricardo. >> > (Richard) >> > >> > >> > [1] >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 >> > >> > -- > > Cristian Gary, > i've grouped it into plugdev. > > Richard, > > After i type this command "/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0" it shows: > > bash: /dev/cdrom: Permission denied > i've login using root account. i've right clicked at the cdrom to see the properties and under Permissions tab the Owner column stated unknown and i tried to change the Access column to Read and Write it popup "The permisions could not be changed" > > > > Regards, > Norman > > > > > > > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Eduardo Otubo Linux Registered User #424252 http://otubo.net |_|0|_| |_|_|0| |0|0|0| -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list