cdROM mount problem

[Steel Shepherd 0]

This is a bit wierd. My cdROM seems to mount properly on boot and I can play audio CDs, but I can't see any files on a data CD and when I run Mandrake 9.2 rpmDrake to add packages, it refers to a CD on "device[none]"

[matttah 0]

Not familiar with the prog, but you might check the config options...make sure that the mount location is correct(in fedora its /dev/cdrom for my dvd and /dev/cdrom1 for my cd writer...if that does not work...try the command mount /mnt/cdrom (if it was in my dvd drive) and it should throw an icon on the desktop..then click the icon and see if it shows hte file..it shoudl..if it doesn't not sure of your prob- i'm pretty new to linux too.

Daum

[Steel Shepherd 0]

my fstab entry is:

 

none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0

 

Is the "none" supposed to be at the beginning of the line?

 

There is an icon on the desktop and it opens to /mnt/cdrom when opened. The problem is, it doesn't show the contents of the CD.

 

Anybody know how a CDROM could be mounted and work for Audio but not for data?

[matttah 0]

I think i had the same prob as you did when i first started out linux...lemme look and see if i can remember what happened and how i fixed it....what does it says when you type unmount /mnt/cdrom then if it works remount it...and try to look at the files.

Daum

[Dapper Dan 0]

Good advice, though remember it's umount /mnt/cdrom without an n between the u and m. "unmount" won't work.

[matttah 0]

doh yeah=p

Daum

[shobhit 0]

your fstab should contain

/dev/cdrom

(/dev/cdrom is your cd device, this is default on almost all systems)

in the first column, intead of none.

also the mount command won't work with

mount /mnt/cdrom

if the fstab is screwed up like your.

use:

mount /dev/cdrom

 

my fstab has

 

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0

[Steel Shepherd 0]

I was able to unmount it and then mount it with the generic:

 

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

 

But since my drive is a cdrw/dvd combo, I figured this wouldn't be good enough for the long term. I ran the hardDrake config a few more times, and I don't remember what I did differently, but I came up with the following fstab entry that works:

 

none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0

 

The one that didn't work for me was:

none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0

 

Notice the only difference is the "udf" in fs=udf:iso9660

 

At least it works for data and audio. I haven't tried to burn anything yet.

 

All udf means to me is "United Dairy Farmers." I don't have any idea of the function of udf , or iso9660 , or iocharset, or iso 8850-1 0 0. I don't know why there is a "none" at the beginning of the line and I don't know what "supermount" means.

 

My hatred of the Microsoft empire wanes a bit when I realize I never had to deal with this crap with Windows. Even the original Win 95 ran all my CD's without the need for me to understand anything about how it's doing what it's doing. That was almost 10 years ago. I don't understand why it should be necessary for a user of a major distro to have to deal with this basic crap in 2004.

 

I suppose I shouldn't complain about the work of volunteers, and I am still trying to make the switch to Linux.