LinuxQuestions.org
Visit Jeremy's Blog.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Hardware
User Name
Password
Linux - Hardware This forum is for Hardware issues.
Having trouble installing a piece of hardware? Want to know if that peripheral is compatible with Linux?

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 01-26-2006, 11:39 PM   #1
justanothersteve
Member
 
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Missouri, USA
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 161

Rep: Reputation: 30
Unable to mount cdrom


I am using slackware 10.2 and just compiled the 2.6.15 kernel. However when I try to mount my cdrom I get:

"mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device"

I have googled this and found others having similar problems but no matter what command I issue, I get the above error.

/etc/fstab
Code:
/dev/hda4        swap        swap        defaults        0  0
/dev/hda2        /           reiserfs    defaults        1  1
/dev/hda3        /home       reiserfs    defaults        1  2
/dev/hda1        /winxp      ntfs        ro              1  0
/dev/cdrom       /mnt/cdrom  auto        noauto,owner,ro 0  0
devpts           /dev/pts    devpts      gid=5,mode=620  0  0
proc             /proc       proc        defaults        0  0
tmpfs            /dev/shm    tmpfs       defaults        0  0
I guess I could've missed something on my kernel compile. I kept notes on dependencies and went back to re-check everything. Any ideas?

Edit: Hand typed fstab, corrected an error
 
Old 01-27-2006, 01:45 AM   #2
frandalla
Member
 
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Tokyo - Japan
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 348
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 37
Lightbulb

try something like
mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
or
mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom
 
Old 01-27-2006, 03:01 AM   #3
justanothersteve
Member
 
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Missouri, USA
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 161

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 30
my cdrom was detected during slackware install as hdc so I tried "mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom"

I got the same block device error
 
  


Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
unable to Mount cdrom in slack 10.2 valjoux Linux - Hardware 2 10-04-2005 07:04 PM
Unable mount CDROM unit. seraph-seph Slackware 5 07-10-2005 07:15 PM
unable to mount cdrom adhara Linux - Hardware 3 12-16-2003 08:32 AM
unable to mount cdrom KalMyster Linux - Newbie 0 09-04-2003 03:46 PM
Unable to mount cdrom jreed Linux - General 11 08-28-2002 02:52 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Hardware

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:05 AM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration