Re: Installing StarOffice6.0 problem

[Stephen Liu <satimis@icare.com.hk>]

Hi Paul and Andreas, 

Thanks for your advice.

- snip -

> You've probably got it mounted noexec.  Type "mount" and see what it says
> for /cdrom.  If it says noexec then read the mount(8) manpage and either
> umount/mount with the appropriate option or umount, edit /etc/fstab, and
> mount.

$ mount
/dev/hda1 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)

$ mount /cdrom -o remount,exec
mount: only root can do that

But /cdrom can be mounted either as USER or as ROOT with
$ mount /cdrom

I still have some minor problem after setting up /cdrom and /cdwrite.  
Although they both can be mounted as read (I have not tested 'write' yet) I 
could not get them 'ejected' on KDE desktop with the 'eject' command.  I have 
to press the button to remove CD from the tray.

$ cat /etc/fstab
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
/dev/hda1       /               ext2    defaults,errors=remount-ro      0 1
proc    /proc   proc            defaults                0 0
/dev/hda5       none    swap    sw                      0 0
/dev/fd0        /floppy auto    rw,user,noauto          0 0
/dev/hdd        /cdrom  auto    ro,user,noauto          0 0
/dev/hdc        /cdrom0 auto    rw,user,noauto          0 0

# ls -al /dev/cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           11 2003-12-27 23:15 /dev/cdrom -> /
dev/cdrom0
# ls -al /dev/cdrom0
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 2003-12-27 23:15 /dev/cdrom0 -> /
dev/hdd
# ls -al /dev/cdrom1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 2003-12-27 23:15 /dev/cdrom1 -> /
dev/hdc

On KDE desktop icons (setting)
CDRom -> Properties -> Device -> device=/dev/hdd
CDWriter -> Properties -> Device -> device=/dev/hdc

Any mistake committed by me?

TIA

B.R.
Stephen