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tbrownarcher 06-26-2013 05:28 PM
how do I mount my cd/dvd and my thumb drives
 
it seems my system does not (inconsistant) mount my cd/dvd and my thumb drives.

How do I mount them manually?

I have put in these commands and gotten nowhere
Quote:
nate@nate ~ $ sudo mount /dev/sr0
[sudo] password for nate:
mount: can't find /dev/sr0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
nate@nate ~ $ sudo mount /dev/sr0 media/cdrom
mount: mount point media/cdrom does not exist
nate@nate ~ $ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom
mount: mount point /media/cdrom does not exist
nate@nate ~ $ sudo mount /dev/sr0/media/cdrom
mount: can't find /dev/sr0/media/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
nate@nate ~ $
Also I have a 320 gig hard drive that is not mounted

I am running linux mint 14

Thanks,
Nate

suicidaleggroll 06-26-2013 05:30 PM
Use
Code:
fdisk -l
to get the drive name, create a mount location for it
Code:
sudo mkdir /path/to/wherever/you/want
and then mount the drive there
Code:
sudo mount /dev/xxxx /path/to/wherever/you/want
Of course replacing /dev/xxxx with the actual device name, and /path/to/wherever/you/want with the location where you want to mount it.

yancek 06-26-2013 05:51 PM
Quote:
: mount point media/cdrom does not exist
Did you check the /media directory to see if you have a 'cdrom' sub-directory? If not, you need to create it as suggested.
Many Linux distributions auto-mount. What's on the cdrom? Which distribution?

Fred Caro 06-26-2013 07:15 PM
...archer,
I assume your cdrom is internal, what does running the command "mount" (no quotes) return? If present it should come back with the point it is mounted at. Put a pendrive in and run "mount" again it might show up as "/dev/sdb1"...mounted at 'and so on'. Thus, if it automounts a pendrive, or this shows up under "mount" then there might be a fault with the hardware?

Fred.

tbrownarcher 06-28-2013 04:39 PM
thanks, It works .... very nice to have you guys ...

thanks,
Nate


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