try mount /dev/sr0 /cdrom sometimes the link in /dev is fubar if the above works then change your /etc/fstab
have a look thru dmesg to see where the cd is being detected. david On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 03:51, Adrian Crisan wrote: > hi all, > i have a beige g3/266. before i had a 2 gig scsi + 4 gig ide on this > machine. i managed to install debian (30r1) as only os on this > machine. few days ago i got a 18 gig scsi ibm and i tried to get rid > of the old 2 gig scsi and 4 gig ide and have just this 18 gig scsi ibm > hard on this machine. went through all phases of instal and when i > tryied to copy 'quik' (first.b) from a cd i can do 'umount > /dev/cdrom' and take out the debian ppc cd1 that was on the cdrom , > but when i insert the cd with patched and try to mount ' mount > /dev/cdrom ' it tells me that '/dev/cdrom cannot be found in fstab' i > open with nano-tiny fstab and cdrom is there listed . any ideas? ( > first time i installed with the old 2gig scsi hard i had the same > problem with the floppy and i tried with the cd, then worked). > many thanks, _adrian_ > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004