fstab and mounting CDROM on Fedora Core 3

[FrankBlourtango]

I was able to do this on Fedora Core 1 and 2.

I can't get my CDROM mounted on FC3. Can you still edit the fstab? I edited it and after a reboot the CDROM entry wasn't there anymore. I have the /media/cdrom folder made. Here is my fstab after I put in the CDROM entries and now it isn't there after a reboot. I read the man fstab-synch and came away with a big DUH????

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,fscontext=sys tem_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

This install is a dual boot on a SATA drive with a Win2000.

Anyway, I didn't find anything in the search of justlinux and I'm stumped....

[hard candy]

What happens after you insert an audio or data cd/ Does it show up anywhere?
I do not use FC3, is it using supermount?
I just looked fstab-sync and it seems to be an executable that creates a directory when you insert a cd, and apparently works under gnome only. Are you using KDE?

Why not stop being a beta tester for Redhat and try another distro? FC3 is really causing a lot of problems for a lot of people as they try out new ideas. I would suggest maybe getting a more mature distro or going back to FC2.

[FrankBlourtango]

I get a CD error. I tried that on the audio player in Gnome.

I'm not sure if it's FC3 or this goofy way the drives are partitioned because of the dual boot.

But FC2 or a different distro is an idea. This shouldn't be this hard to do.

[hard candy]

A cdrom should not be affected by the manner in which a hard disk is partitioned unless you include the software written on that partition as part of that partition.

[kevinatkins]

hi,

FC3 uses the full 'Project Utopia' comprising the UDEV device management system, d-bus and the HAL hardware abstraction layer.

AFAIK, creation of device nodes, etc, is done automatically by UDEV - I'm a bit hazy as to how it all goes together, but it should 'just work'...

From my experience though, it can go wrong, particularly with certain hardware.. I tried FC3, and HAL kept dying due to a (small) problem with my CD-ROM, which then caused everything to stop working - unable to mount CDs, etc..

I had the same problem with Ubuntu, which also uses 'Project Utopia'...

To chase this down, check your logs, and check to see that HAL is running correctly - if it isn't, nothing will work properly.

[bwkaz]

Are you trying to mount an audio CD? You don't do that -- all you need to do is fire up a player program, and if you have access to the CD device (and have run the cable from the output on the back of your CD drive to the input on your sound card), you'll get sound out of your speakers.

[FrankBlourtango]

No, I was trying to mount the FC3 #1 disk because I blew away the graphic Samba tool.

I'll probably put some other distro on this thing. Fancy new stuff isn't much use if it doesn't work.

[bwkaz]

Ah, OK. I saw "the audio player for Gnome" and thought you may have been trying an audio CD.

Never mind then.

[FrankBlourtango]

I did a reinstall and now there is this line in fstab.

/dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t ,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

What is all that? I'm not finding any doc on those entries..

I can mount a data CD: one of the FC install disks. But when I try to mount a music CD I get 'bad superblock'.

[bwkaz]

Like I said above -- you don't mount music CDs. There are no files on them, let alone a filesystem.

You just bring up a CD player (kscd is a good one if you use KDE, and I'm sure Gnome has one too but I don't know what it would be), and it plays.

[FrankBlourtango]

Well the odd thing is that I can use the Sound Juice CD ripper to rip the music CD and I can import the CD using the music player.
So I think this is getting to be more an issue of my cluelessness than a hardware question. I have plenty to learn before I worry about music stuff.
Thanks for the comments.