> sorry my typo:
> eject /dev/hdc
> eject /dev/hdd
> with drawer closed first :-) 

eject still doesn't work, but I don't think I should worry about it yet, 
as there is still another cd of apps to install. If , at the end it 
still doesn't work, then I should raise the flag.

>
> if you still get bash "eject not found" error post
>
> "At the prompt I typed 'eject hdc', the result -bash: eject: command 
> not found."
>
> to the list and see if you catch a bash jock.
>
>
>> at the prompt I typed 'eject hdc', the result
>> -bash: eject: command not found
>>
>> mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom   !!Works!! you must be getting close.
>
>
> are you able to see files on cd? 

ls /mnt/cdrom  shows me a pile of files.  I guess I have to play with fstab.

Thanks very much for your help. Have a great Christmas. I will report 
further, but I might have to give it a rest for to-day.

>
> if so some invisible typo is hosing fstab, looking around i have seen 
> people claiming the error message was cleared by using auto instead of 
> iso9660 and users instead of user
>
> try:
> dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto auto,users 0 0
> in fstab using spaces not tabs to separate the elements with no spaces 
> in an element
>
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From other post, I did 'modprobe ide-cd',  result;
>>>> Fatal: module ide-cd not found.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> this is as it should be, if you used yes vice m in menuconfig on the 
>>> item ata/atapi/mfm/rll support under device drivers.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>> That's what I was wondering as well, but I thought /surely/ it had 
>>>>> been
>>>>> covered already, and I must have missed it.  Glad to see it 
>>>>> specifically
>>>>> covered here, however, just in case.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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