Installed linux but...

[baseballer10p]

I just installed pclinuxos and now my cds won't play because of this error

CD-ROM read or access error (or no audio disc in drive).
Please make sure you have access permissions to:
/dev/hdc

i don't know what i'm supposed to do. please help!

[doctorgonzo]

It's probably because you can't mount the drive as a normal user. See this site, paying attention to the "Mounting and unmounting without being root" section: http://www.tldp.org/linuxfocus/Engli...rticle106.html

[baseballer10p]

ok i tried that but it says that the mount point /cdrom doesn't exist
is there any way i can create it?

[doctorgonzo]

Yes, just create the directory. What does your fstab look like?

[baseballer10p]

um...i'm not sure how to get to that information

[doctorgonzo]

The fstab file is just a text file located in the /etc directory. Just open that file using a text editor and paste the contents here.

[baseballer10p]

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
## Livecd-install Automatically added by livecd-install

none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0

# /dev/hda1, size=12353922, type=131: Journalised FS: ext3 (primary)
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 0 0

# /dev/hda5, size=1301202, type=130: Linux swap (extended)
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

# /dev/hda6, size=147171402, type=131: Journalised FS: ext3 (extended)
/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 0 0

# cdrom: HL-DT-ST GCE-8487B
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,exec,ro,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0

[doctorgonzo]

Hmm, change "user" to "users" in the last line, see if that works.

Also, your mount point is going to be /mnt/cdrom, not /cdrom as in the article.

I'd also throw in a "chmod 777 /mnt/hdc" just for the heck of it as root.

[baseballer10p]

do you mean change it in the text file or something else?
also, do you want me to put that text in by itself or with the mount

[doctorgonzo]

Yes, change the line in the fstab file to what I said.

The "chmod 777 /mnt/hdc" does not go in the fstab file. It's a command you need to run while root at the console.

[baseballer10p]

ok i did it. here's what came up
[root@localhost ~]# chmod 777 /mnt/hdc
chmod: cannot access `/mnt/hdc': No such file or directory

[faulkner132]

You have to run the command as root.
Try putting a "sudo" or "su" in front of the chmod command.

[doctorgonzo]

Oops, that should probably say /dev/hdc, not /mnt/hdc, sorry.

[baseballer10p]

ok. i did that, and no message came up on the console, but when i put a cd in, i still get the original error message

CD-ROM read or access error (or no audio disc in drive).
Please make sure you have access permissions to:
/dev/hdc