Re: CDROM - mount/inst. prob

From: Walther (walther_at_no-spam-please.de)
Date: 08/31/04

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    Adam Smith wrote:
    > Octane : O/S 6.5-16 - installing CDROM, do I have to set descriptors in
    > /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab for mounting. I don't recall doing that for
    > other machines, and even an other octane. But I can't get the CDROM to
    > mount even though it was mounted previously. I've brought the system
    > down, power cycle the device(s) to no avail, then wondered if they lost
    > the mounting info.
    > -- Adam --
    >

    no need to do such thing... if the drive is attached correctly,
    i. e. the right jumpers set (block size? LUN? Parity? TRMPWR?)
    it will show up on your desktop automatically - otherwise there´s
    something wrong with it.

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