> This is a problem I have often... "mount" > command doesn't list the drive as mounted, > umount won't unmount it saying it is not mounted, > but mount won't mount it saying it is mounted. > > not sure what it is due to - I think it is due > to the supermount automounter. If you find a > good solution, let me know. I guess you will > also found at this stage that the CD can't > be ejected by pressing the switch on the drive, > but giving the command eject /dev/cdrom will. > Normally, reboot works for me - after > reboot, when I put the disk in and wait for a few > minutes, then the supermount mounts it. If it > doesn't, then giving mount command works. It might be a slightly different problem as when I reboot it doesnt seem to come back up. I cant manually mount even then. Seems there may be a couple different problems relating to the cd rom.
