[H-GEN] CDROM mount problem on Open SUSE.

[andrew laidlaw]

Dear All,
  
 Having recently used the CD/CDRW in my AMD  XP2000/256MB to install open suse 10.1 (using internet download copied  to 5 x CDs), I'm now getting an error upon clicking the (Gnome) desktop  CD icon:
  
  mount error
  operation failed
  /dev/hdc found in /etc/fstab
  
  Other methods to access the CD drive give identical results.
  The bios has been reset to boot from HD.
  The installation was "not quite" perfect - there was a persistent error  message regarding some file already being in a directory where the  system kept trying to put it.  
  I am brand new to linux / unix.
  
  
  So, what is this /etc/fstab?  I found it and viewed the text file,  which looks like a variation of (some of) the disk partitioning  information?
  
 The old machine had several partitions and it seems that at least  some of that multi-disc structure was included in the yast  repartitioning, although I selected the basic wipe windows  options.  I'm also concerned that the partitioning stage of the  installation process, which was over very quickly, can't have done much  low level checking of the disk.  I'd been hoping for that because  windows had been reporting that the Hard Disk had issues (but I don't  really believe it).
  
  So, I'm inclined to go back and  reinstall anyway, but I wonder if that might also fix this mount  problem, or if there is a (simple) setting change required?
  
  And finally, what's the best, most complete, way to test and prepare a flattened  hard disk to (re)build a system on?
  
  regards.... andrew.

 		
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