On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 08:06 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 20:41 -0500, Greg Viola wrote: > > Hi: > > > > First, I want to thank you guys for helping me unravel how to get the > > install disks created from the FC3 ISO download files. Worked great. > > > > Now I am trying to use the CD drive (which is fairly old, but its the > > one I used to install FC3) , and I get an error - "cannot read > > superblock" - when I insert a CD into the drive and FC3 tries to mount > > the CD. CD reads fine in WinXP. Get the same error with commercial > > audio CDs. Can't open the drive either once I get this error. XMMS > > and GRIP both report drive errors. CD Roast wants me to make the > > drives emulate SCSI, but I haven't tried that yet. > > > > Also, how do I get FC3 to recognize my second CD drive (brand new > > CD/DVD drive) > > > > Both drives are on the second IDE controller. The old drive is > > master, new one slave > > > > You don't say which distro you are using. > If it is FC3 you do not need the scsi emulation for the CDROM. > > You did not say what hardware you have with the CDROMs. If you are > using a cable-select cable, then you must jumper the drives to cable > select. If you are using an older 40 wire cable (non-cable select) then > you must jumper the drives to master/slave. > > I would also recommend that the newest CDROM drive be the master on that > bus. > > I would expect the problem with reading the drive and mount/dismount > problems are related to not properly seeing the CDROM. Fix the hardware > problem first and then if the problem with dismounting continues ask > again. > > > Thanks > > > > Greg Viola > Dumb question, have you tried updating udev, I seem to remember this problem when I first upgraded to FC3. MC
