Re: Can't mount Debian distro CDROM

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Tom wrote:
> I have purchased a full Debian 3.0 distro and am attempting to install 
> Debian from a Gentoo installation.  After placing Disk 1 into my CD 
> read-write drive (TDK Model 32/10/40B) and getting into the base-config 
> dialog, I am informed that the CDROM drive has not been detected.  Upon 
> exiting from base-config I attempt to mount the CDROM drive in a number 
> of variations, the principal one of which is: "mount -t iso9660 
> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" upon which I receive the message "Too many levels 
> of symbolic links".  Why is this occurring?


The question is, can you mount other data CDs?

Kent