Tried installing Suse 7.3 on P4 machine and the installation process could not find CD2 after I put it in the tray and clicked on the 'OK' button. I'm using Yast2 and booting from a cdrom. I clicked on the 'Show Details' checkbox and it displayed the following: Could not mount the source medium. mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mount read-only mount: you must specify the filesystem type I clicked on 'SKIP' and had the same results when it prompted for CD3 and so on - ad nauseum. AND Yast2 appears to be reading the first cd (CD1) with no problems. Its just when I have to insert another CD that Yast has a problem. Yast2 seems to go on and 'finish' the install, such as it is. It configures the monitor, allows me to setup network configuration, and then reboots and allows me to login. I then start up Yast2 and select 'install software'. I see no packages except for 'z???' and 'zall'. This is NOT a dual boot machine and this install is on a slicked down PC. Particulars: P4, Amptron XP4-925LSD motherboard, 512 meg of DDR RAM, 40G Samsung HD, Samsung 52X cd-rom. I CAN mount the cdrom manually and read from it once I'm logged in. mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom I have successfully installed this same OS on HP P3 platforms w/ no problems using these same media CD's.
From /var/log/y2log:
modules/MediaUI.ycp:209 mountlog mount: block device /dev/hdc is write protected, mount read-only mount you must specify the filesystem type I've tried to install from scratch several times with the same results. Any suggestion? tia, Bob Dixon