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Hi,
As I posted on d-boot, I think you can work around this problem by
editing cdrom-detect.postinst script.
I attache equivalent action patch here.
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--- cdrom-detect.postinst.old 2004-07-02 02:23:52.000000000 +0200
+++ cdrom-detect.postinst 2004-08-16 02:33:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
fi
for device in $devices
do
+ # since some buggy CDROM drive caused initial mount problem
+ # just blindly mount and umount first to avoid issues.
+ mount -t iso9660 -o ro,exec $device /cdrom || true
+ umount /cdrom 2>/dev/null || true
if mount -t iso9660 -o ro,exec $device /cdrom; then
log "CDROM-mount succeeded: device=$device"
mounted=1
@@ -49,18 +53,6 @@
log "CDROM-mount failed (error=$?): device=$device"
log "Unmounting CD just to be sure."
umount /cdrom 2>/dev/null || true
- log "Trying it again."
- if mount -t iso9660 -o ro,exec $device /cdrom
- then
- log "CDROM-mount succeeded: device=$device"
- mounted=1
- db_set cdrom-detect/cdrom_device $d