CD Reader Blues - RH8

[James Wilkinson]

Bob Hartung wrote:
>   I have a new problem with a CD reader.  This is on an IBM xSeries
> 232.  The CD has been replaced and passes all of the IBM built in tests
> for linear and random reads plus the mechanical tests of door open/close
> etc.
>   I have made no modifications to the machine in the last two months.
> Its' only purpose is to act as a Samba server.
> 
> When trying to mount a CD I receive the following error:
> 
> [root at rgeserv1 root]# mount /mnt/cdrom
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
>        or too many mounted file systems
>        (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
>        ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)
> 
> 
> When I look at dmesg I get:
> [root at rgeserv1 root]# dmesg | grep hda
>     ide0: BM-DMA at 0x0840-0x0847, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
> hda: LTN486S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide-scsi: hda: unsupported command in request queue (0)
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 0
> 
> 
> The fstab entry looks okay to my beginner eyes:
> /dev/cdrom    /mnt/cdrom   iso9660   noauto,owner,kudzu  0 0

Terry Polzin's given you some good advice.

Can you also run
ls -l /dev/cdrom
please?

Thanks,

James.
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