Re: Kernel compiled from source won't read /parts/ of a CD?

[Richard B. Johnson]

On 1 Aug 2002, Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:

> 
> This is one of the strangest situations I have ever seen: my
> re-compiled Linux 2.4.18 kernel now /refuses/ to read /only/ the
> "/Mandrake" directory branch of all three of the Mandrake distribution
> CDs.  It /has/ to be some kernel option, but I can't figure which one;
> any advice or debugging hints at all are greatly appreciated.

I had some problem like this. I don't know what caused it
because it was 'fixed' by a re-boot. I think it was that
the kernel 'thought' the block-size was wrong for the CD.

Anyway, the next time it happend, I copied the entire
contents of a CD to a file (ising 'cp'). I then mounted
the file through the loop device. I figured it might be
quicker than re-booting (it wasn't). It worked anyway.

The next time it happens, I will try to mount the CD
through the loop device. Anyway, you can try that now.

Maybe it will help you read it.

mount -t iso9660 -o loop /dev/cdrom /mnt

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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