Re: can't mount cd-rom
On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:08:50PM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote:
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Thomas Guettler <guettli@innocence.interface-business.de>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:40:07 +0200
> I mannaged to get the base system installed from floppies but now when I try to install the packages from the CDROM I get this message:
>
> hdc : tray open or drive not ready
> hdc : tray open or drive not ready
> hdc : tray open or drive not ready
> hdc : tray open or drive not ready
> hdc : tray open
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00, sector 64
> isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev 16:00 iso_blknum 16 block 32
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
> or too many mounted file systems
> hdc : tray open or drive not ready
> hdc : tray open or drive not ready
> Unable to mount /dev/cdrom on /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt, type iso9660.
>
> This is all Greek to me, but it seems to recognize the CDROM at startup and the busy light did flicker when I tried to install the packages.
That's greek to me, too. I think that's a hardware problem.
Does your cd-drive work on windows?
Or the CD you have is broken.
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Thomas Guettler <guettli@interface-business.de>
http://www.interface-business.de
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