how to mount dvd drive.i used almost all commands.like

1.mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
2.mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt
3.mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /mnt
while executing these commands in Sarge. iam getting error as
Block device can't be mount.same thing i executated in different server it's working fine
and in /etc/fstab
/dev/hdb /media/cdrom iso9660 ro,user 0 0
can you please help me about this.

Thanks.
Venkat

dvd's use the UDF filesystem type.
Check out the link.

http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/mount.8.html

Its not very common for DVDs to be UDF since most people usae iso9660 to put data on them.

DVD movies are supposed to be udf but you dont need to mount a DVD movie at all since
dvd:// command for Xine and Mplayer streams from the disc.


VEN you did put something on the end of
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt
didnt you??

for example
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
or
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/mycd
or
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/worthlesspieceofplastic


you cant mmount directly to /mnt like you did because it will spit up an eror
if something like a harddrive is already mounted to /mnt/storage.




ultimately it is possible the DVD drive is failing and cant read some discs.