CD-ROM won't mount

[Rahiiyja]

Hi, I've been using Slackware 11.0, my first Linux dist, for about a week. You could say I am somewhat of a beginner.

The problem I come to you with is that I cannot mount my cd-rom. When I choose the option 'mount', there is a progress bar but then nothing happens except that an empty cd-rom directory opens (although the CD has a lot of files that Linux can read, so it shouldn't be empty). The information in the bottom of the window says: Unmounted cd-rom.

dmesg gives:

kComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 10
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 11
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 12
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

//It keeps on going like this for some hundred lines, going through sector after sector, until it reaches 0, whereby it reads:

end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
FAT: unable to read boot sector
UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed, mount aborted.
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
FAT: unable to read boot sector

and etc/fstab says:

/dev/hda3        swap             swap        defaults                   0   0
/dev/hda2        /                    ext3         defaults                    1   1
/dev/hdb1        /ntfs              ntfs           users,ro                   0   0
/dev/hdc          /mnt/cdrom  auto         noauto,users,ro        0   0
/dev/fd0           /mnt/floppy   auto         noauto,owner           0   0
devpts             /dev/pts        devpts     gid=5,mode=620      0   0
proc                /proc             proc         defaults                     0   0

and etc/group says:

root::0:root
bin::1:root,bin,daemon
daemon::2:root,bin,daemon
sys::3:root,bin,adm
adm::4:root,adm,daemon
tty::5:
disk::6:root,adm
lp::7:lp
mem::8:
kmem::9:
wheel::10:root
floppy::11:root
mail::12:mail
news::13:news
uucp::14:uucp
man::15:
audio::17:
video::18:
cdrom::19:root,user
games::20:
slocate::21:
utmp::22:
smmsp::25:smmsp
mysql::27:
rpc::32:
sshd::33:sshd
gdm::42:
shadow::43:
ftp::50:
pop::90:pop
scanner::93:
nobody::98:nobody
nogroup::99:
users::100:
console::101:

Anyone with more experience who'd be willing to lend a hand?
I have tried using all sorts of cd's and DVD's without any luck.

[kern]

/dev/hdc is possibly not your cdrom device

it looks like a dos or fat partition, and probably has /dev/hdc{1,2,3,x} etc.

find out the correct device for your cdrom and edit /etc/fstab accordingly

[Rahiiyja]

/dev/hdc is possibly not your cdrom device

it looks like a dos or fat partition, and probably has /dev/hdc{1,2,3,x} etc.

find out the correct device for your cdrom and edit /etc/fstab accordingly

Hi, thanks for your reply.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hdc is standard for the master of the secondary IDE right? That's namely the channel I'm using for the cd-rom. But maybe there is no official standard when it comes to naming devices? How can I check which device name the cdrom uses then?

[Juan Pablo]

post the output of "fdisk -l" to find out

[Rahiiyja]

post the output of "fdisk -l" to find out

Hi.

'fdisk -l' gives:

Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1       10199    81923436    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2           10200       18346    65440777+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3           18347       19457     8924107+  82  Linux swap

Disk /dev/hdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1               1       30400   244187968+   7  HPFS/NTFS

As far as I can see, there is only the HDD's showing? Does this mean anything?

/Rahiiyja

[kern]

/dev/hdc is indeed secondary master

'dmesg | grep hd' straight after boot will show your ide devices.

Have you only two hard disks? try 'fdisk -l /dev/hdc' .. it might be a hard drive.

[Rahiiyja]

/dev/hdc is indeed secondary master

'dmesg | grep hd' straight after boot will show your ide devices.

Have you only two hard disks? try 'fdisk -l /dev/hdc' .. it might be a hard drive.

Hi.
'dmesg | grep hd' produces nothing after boot, it just begins a new line. Without any errors.

One thing I noticed is that early during boot I can see the following (not a 100% accurate copy of the text, but should be enough):

/dev/hda - 150 gb harddrive
/dev/hdb - 250 gb harddrive
/dev/hdc - NEC DVD-player

That would mean that /dev/hdc is the DVD-player I guess? Since it recognizes the manufacturer and all.

[kern]

try this for me:

put a normal ISO9660 CDROM in , and type this

'mount /dev/hdc -tiso9660 /mnt/cdrom'

check the last few lines of 'dmesg' does it say its mounted an iso filesystem etc.

check the directory /mnt/cdrom for files

this method is manual and doesn't use /etc/fstab, so it'll be a bit of diagnosis.

[Rahiiyja]

try this for me:

put a normal ISO9660 CDROM in , and type this

'mount /dev/hdc -tiso9660 /mnt/cdrom'

check the last few lines of 'dmesg' does it say its mounted an iso filesystem etc.

check the directory /mnt/cdrom for files

this method is manual and doesn't use /etc/fstab, so it'll be a bit of diagnosis.

Hi.

Dmesg gives:

ion: 0.5
pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.5
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.5
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.5
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4

// It goes on like this until:

pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.5
uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 02:01:41 Sep  1 2006
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usb.c: registered new driver usbkbd
usbkbd.c: :USB HID Boot Protocol keyboard driver
scsi singledevice 4 0 0 0
scsi singledevice 4 0 1 0
scsi singledevice 4 0 2 0
scsi singledevice 4 0 3 0
scsi singledevice 4 0 4 0
scsi singledevice 4 0 5 0
scsi singledevice 4 0 6 0
scsi singledevice 4 0 7 0
scsi singledevice 0 0 0 0
scsi singledevice 0 0 1 0
scsi singledevice 0 0 2 0
scsi singledevice 0 0 3 0
scsi singledevice 0 0 4 0
scsi singledevice 0 0 5 0
scsi singledevice 0 0 6 0
scsi singledevice 0 0 7 0
scsi singledevice 1 0 0 0
scsi singledevice 1 0 1 0
scsi singledevice 1 0 2 0
scsi singledevice 1 0 3 0
scsi singledevice 1 0 4 0
scsi singledevice 1 0 5 0
scsi singledevice 1 0 6 0
scsi singledevice 1 0 7 0
scsi singledevice 2 0 0 0
scsi singledevice 2 0 1 0
scsi singledevice 2 0 2 0
scsi singledevice 2 0 3 0
scsi singledevice 2 0 4 0
scsi singledevice 2 0 5 0
scsi singledevice 2 0 6 0
scsi singledevice 2 0 7 0
scsi singledevice 3 0 0 0
scsi singledevice 3 0 1 0
scsi singledevice 3 0 2 0
scsi singledevice 3 0 3 0
scsi singledevice 3 0 4 0
scsi singledevice 3 0 5 0
scsi singledevice 3 0 6 0
scsi singledevice 3 0 7 0
mask = 3
keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(f4)
keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(f3)
keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(f4)
keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(f4)
keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(f3)
keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(f4)
mask = 3
hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
ISOFS: changing to secondary root

The message is different, but the mount doesn't seem to have worked.
When I mounted I got no error messages though.

When I open /mnt/cdrom I get files though.
Problem solved or not?
There seems to be some error even if I can access the cd.

[kern]

scratched cd, dodgy IDE cable ? dying drive? not sure

if you can see the files the cd is obviously mounted, but the read errors point to a problem, could be bad chipset support, or the problems above. What kernel is this by the way? 2.4?

you need to blacklist the 'pciehp' and 'shpchp' modules because you are getting a lot of junk in dmesg output you dont need

you can do that by entering:

pciehp
shpchp

into the end of /etc/hotplug/blacklist