mounting cd-rom in Redhat 9

BalK · 05-14-2004, 05:17 AM

Hi,

I'm a novice, so please shoot.

I've just installed RedHat 9 on my other pc, and I run into some problems. The first is that mounting cd's won't work. After instructing to mount the player, he says bzzzz for a while and then an error message pops up. When asking for details, RH states that it didn't found a directory.

I'm sure the cd's allright (it works under XP).

Can it be that the file system is different?

What should I do?

Thanks,

Balthasar

Xerop · 05-14-2004, 06:13 AM

What device the cd-rom is? Probably /dev/hdc ...
What user are you when you mount (root maybe?)?
What error message do you get?

Peacedog · 05-14-2004, 06:48 AM

hi BalK, welcome to lq. is this an audio cd? if so you don't mount it.it should just play automagically.

BalK · 05-14-2004, 07:06 AM

The error message is (translated from Dutch)

Nautilus is not able to mount the selected volume.

If I click the button Details, it says:

mount: Not a directory.

This happens when I try data cd-roms. Audio cd's are able to find the automagic function.

I do not know the name of the cd player. I suppose it is cdrom.

The error is the same for logging on as a regular user or as a root user.

Balthasar

Peacedog · 05-14-2004, 10:17 AM

try looking in the /mnt/cdrom directory, instead of the /dev/cdrom directory.

BalK · 05-14-2004, 11:39 AM

I've tried. This results in the same error, or in an empty folder. It just seems that the OS can't read the information on the disc.

Peacedog · 05-14-2004, 11:44 AM

try this from a terminal

mount -t iso9660 /dev/hd* /mnt/cdrom

* being your dev.

LuggerHouse · 05-14-2004, 01:55 PM

Here's some clarification for newbies if there is:

/dev/hda -> Primary master first ide controler (IDE0)
/dev/hdb -> Slave first ide controler (IDE0)
/dev/hdc -> Primary master second ide controler (IDE1)
/dev/hdd -> Slave second ide controler (IDE1)

So there's how to know what /dev/hdX to use :-)