cdrom problem

[Tom Droege <tdroege2@earthlink.net>]

I notice that from time to time my cdrom drives get in a mode where they just 
read 12 files.  A ls /mnt/cdrom  gives 12 file names when there are many more 
on the cd.  A reboot of the system cures this.

Is this a known problem?  Mandrake Linux 10.0

OK, now that I am on to it, it is not much of a problem.  However, it greatly 
added to my disk confusion over the last several days.  Possibly there is a 
way to fix it wihout a reboot.

Tom Droege