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mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
Help!
Since today, I can't mount a cdrom on my Red Hat 7.2 Compaq: [root@coffeemaker root]# mount /dev/cdrom mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device [root@coffeemaker root]# cat /etc/fstab .... /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 ..... [root@coffeemaker root]# ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 fév 14 2003 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hda [root@coffeemaker root]# [root@coffeemaker root]# dmesg |grep hda ide0: BM-DMA at 0x2000-0x2007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio hda: CD-224E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hda: driver not present hda: driver not present root@coffeemaker root]# cat /var/log/messages .... Sep 14 19:18:27 coffeemaker kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97 Sep 14 19:18:27 coffeemaker modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ide-cd Sep 14 19:18:27 coffeemaker kernel: hda: driver not present Thanks you for your help. Alain Bruneau. |
hi pal
if u have defined ur cdrom as mount point, then try mount /mnt/cdrom this wud mount your cd-drive. If u have not defined any mount-points, u will have to try mount /dev/scd0 ie, u will have to give the device name. Hope this helps |
u definetely need to define mount points.
and if u then mount a device, like ur hard-disk partition or ur cd mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/cdrom ie, u mount ur hda3(say) partition onto ur predefined cdrom mount-point. Always remember, u have to be root to be able to mount. |
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hi pal
if u have defined ur cdrom as mount point, then try mount /mnt/cdrom this wud mount your cd-drive. If u have not defined any mount-points, u will have to try mount /dev/scd0 ie, u will have to give the device name. Hope this helps |
Thank you for your replies. I tried to apply your advice ithout success (see output) :
[root@coffeemaker root]# ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 fév 14 2003 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hda [root@coffeemaker root]# cat /etc/fstab |grep cdrom /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 [root@coffeemaker root]# mount /dev/cdrom mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device [root@coffeemaker root]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device [root@coffeemaker root]# mount /dev/hda /mnt/cdrom mount: /dev/hda is not a valid block device [root@coffeemaker root]# mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom mount: /dev/scd0: unknown device [root@coffeemaker root]# ls -l /dev/scd0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 11, 0 aoû 30 2001 /dev/scd0 I think it's a driver problem. And you ? |
hi fella.
I dont thinks its a driver problem. Do the following. 1. Go to the console. You shud be root. 2. Change directory to /mnt 3. do ls. 4. Do u see any list. 5. if u see nothing, then u have not defined ur mount points. 6. Check out the url i gave b4. http://members.blue.net.au/felgall/lincmd2.htm Following the steps explained on this web page will definetely solve ur problems. |
hi there
got a similar or just the same prob with my knoppix/debian sys - first it worked with mounting just
/cdrom and an fstab entry like /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 however after some time (or after installing whatever, or mounting whatever disc) it said: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device no matter whether i told mount /cdrom or mount /dev/cdrom which both should work fine changing my fstab to /dev/hdc ................ for @ startup (dmesg) the sys recognices my cdrom (dvd combo) as hdc fixed the prob, however, now i e.g cannot 'eject' it, i also have not yet tried to burn a cdrom or dvd.... so it may not be the most elegant/sophisticated way.... hope it helps ...... h ;) |
I'm having the same issue. I was able to succsfully mount my floppy but no luck wiith the cdrom.
Note my install was a little "odd" the bios on this older ast model has a bios that doesn't support cdrom boot... and I have yet to be able to flash one that does since ast went offline. So in order to install I had the drive hooked up to another computer which did support cdrom boots... the issue being that my graphics card and other hardware which it was configured to was different and debian doesn't seem to autoconfigure each boot like windows does.Note it does detect it but it doesn't automatically recofigure access it seems nor promt reconfiguration(perhaps that is an idea for a software program.or future feature of the os) I had another harddrive hooked up to the ide point however it didn't seem to be mountable either.. I'm tempted just to get my data via ftp and reformat.. however I relize now that it doesnt make much of a difference since I would have to reinstall on the other system again anyway.. UNLESS I use the 20 disk boot method... then see if it mounts at that point that would be a slight pain in the but. Thing is it is saying "/dev/cdrom is not a block device" it says that /cdrom is not iin fstab however it is... it just doesn't logically make sense. I'm a newbie ... it detected on boot fine.. so what is the issue? note I'm still looking aroud if I find a solution I'll run back ":even: if the sollution is wiping the system and fresh installing off floppies... 2 days latter...:) oh and happy new year.. |
that's what i normally do for mounting the cdrom...
1st u need to create a directory, let's say is win, using this command line "mkdir win", then use this command "mount /dev/cdrom /win" to mount ur cdrom to win, finally, u can use "ls /win" to check. this method is always work fine to me but u need to remount again once u reboot... to make it permanently change u need to modify the /etc/fstab file. |
You used to be able to mount the CD-Rom?
What does ls -l /dev/hda give you. It should be something like brw_r_____ followed by some other stuff. Owner should probably be root. If you don't have a /dev/hda you'll have to get one of the gurus to tell you how to run MAKEDEV Also you might want to double check and make sure iso9660 for a file system is in your kernel. If you recently recompiled it would be easy to leave that out. |
a partial fix was the following.. although it is still buggy
ls -l /dev/cdrom gives listing protection 3 date "ASSOSATION" lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 21 9:16 /dev/cdrom -> hdc using ASSOSIATION which happens to be hdc I can do the following mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom and iit mounts well nearly.. you see its not really hdc anymore its hdd...... so I have to use mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom and it mounts...??? although it says block devioce /dev/hdd is write protected, mounting readonly.. like I could write anyway.... although it would be interesting to see what happens if I enable wriite on hte device.. .. my burer is on another box that does its stuff fine it seems.. so yah that fixed it... so IF the device show up in initial hardware check.. then it should be on a device point somewhere so if you try to mount them all using the mount /dev/[devicename hdahdbhdc etc..] you should be able to mount it.. although if you blindly try mounting everything ... you may ... if it isnt protected remount a already mounted system as something else.. so.... just try the ones that you know arn't already mounted.. like for instance your root mount most certainly already will be.. .anyway note you cant open the cdrom whuile it is mounted ...... although if you umount /mnt/cdrom you can open it .. so IT WORKS.. well almost...... you see once you read the device point /mnt/cdrom .... you can't umount it... cause /mnt/cdrom:device is busy....... and it sounds like it is spinning... so you can't stop it ok hold on it stopped spiinng lets see.. ok it stops and you can open it but it takes around a minute :).... hardware with personality.. wheres my shotgun :) note befor you can open it after it stops spinning you still have to umount it. so yah it seems to be a fix... unless thats the way its suppose to work and all the turorials are maddening propaganda.. anyway It may be that my fstab reads the hdc while it is hdd so if I change hdc to hdd on my /dev/cdrom line in fstab it may fix it?????? |
there was a bug in RH7.2. enter 'depmod -ae' at a root term. if you haven't totally hosed your system with all the mount point twiddling, the depmod should take care of it.
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I tried the depmod -ae
didn't work I'm using debian not redhat. |
ok I added the line
/dev/hdd /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 and when I type mount /dev/hdd it mounts my cdrom now......... in /cdrom now i just need to figure out how to change hdd to cdrom in the /dev listing whereever that file is and I get the feeling it will be the sollutino and that is the file I should have changed in the first place |
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