[SWLUG] unable to mount external pci drive

[STEPHEN CONSTANTINOU]

Dear All

I am using Mandriva 2006 on my laptop and I have one pcmcia slot.  

During boot up I do see "Starting pcmcia OK".

I have an external cdrom that connects to the laptop in this manner.  Before I connect this device I have the following entries

Devices:cdrom with a device node of /dev/hdc
/mnt/cdrom/

fdisk -l reveals
  "[root at localhost stephanos]# fdisk -l
   Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
   255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
   Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

      Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
   /dev/hda1   *           1         764     6136798+  83  Linux
   /dev/hda2             765        4864    32933250    5  Extended
   /dev/hda5             765         904     1124518+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
   /dev/hda6             905        4864    31808668+  83  Linux
   [root at localhost stephanos]#"

After I insert the cdrom I hear a little click from the external cdrom and the cd inside does rotate, but no new icon appears in devices for me to double click.  

However, after insertion fdisk reveals the same information.  I am not sure what to do now.

Any help appreciated

Stephen (Swansea, Wales, UK)

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