how to find cdrom mount point
 

i'm trying out the instant opengroup software. it comes with suse server. i installed it, and am try to get it running, but i keep running into walls. the suse server boots to a terminal - no gui. i downloaded gnome 2.2, and created a cd, but i can't get the cdrom working. tried mount cdrom, dvd as per other posts, but get no mount point error. i checked fstab and mtab but they have no entries for cdrom. how can i find the mount point (if there is one)?

i need explicit instuctions: i'm a newbie. i'm also running kubuntu 7.11, and like that os! i tried setting u a ubuntu server, but also got a terminal screen there at boot. my next challenge is to get the server running with windows network. i installed samba on kubuntu and am making some headway with the firewall. hopefully i can give windows the boot

walter

It's not a fixed thing - convention often has a cdrom or dvd directory under /mnt or /media so you could look there first.

Otherwise, try mounting and specifying the mount point after creating your own (you'll need to be root or use sudo):
PS You may also find that the device is different - on my system the DVD is /dev/hdc and the cdrom is /dev/hdd

thanks for your reply. i created a directory, and tried to mount to it, but get the no mount point error. i didn't notice anything close to what could be a mount point either.

Did you see the /media/cdrom directory?


In suse cdrom by default mounted in this directory.

Can you post the commands you've been using? The no mount point error means that the directory you're using as a mount point doesn't exist. It could be that the mkdir command didn't work or that you're not referring to it properly in the mount command.

Check /dev to see if cdrom exists. In one version of Suse that I've used, cdrom is a symlink to /dev/hdc; in another, cdrom was symlinked to /dev/st0.

From the command line, run /usr/sbin/hwinfo --cdrom. That should tell you the device. Look for something like this ' Device File: /dev/hdc ' in the output. If you get an error that /dev/cdrom doesn't exist, then you know why you can't mount it. Just make a symlink to the correct device, and mount it.

thanks.

/usr/sbin/hwinfo --cdrom returns 'no such file or directory. i tried other variants of cdrom - cdrw, cdwriter, cdwriter-rw, cdrom-hdc with same results.

media directory is empty.

qstn: is it possible to install gnome? is there a reason suse does not have gnome as part of the package?

if i can install gnome, then can i install it directly from the internet through the command line?

walter

cdrom issue solved
 

i'm not sure why, but i managed to get the cdrom running in /mnt/cdrom

I still can't get x windows running. tried run xorgconfig but get no such file.

can't see the suse pc on the windows net yet either

auto mount /dev/dvd and avoid bad superblock
 

A. config [/etc/fstab] by yourself

1.Step 1 : mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
2.Step 2 : modify /etc/fstab
(1) vim /etc/fstab
(2) add(or modify)
/dev/dvd /mnt/cdrom auto defaults 0 0
(3) save it.
3.Step 3 : reboot the server.

B. Burn the files into the disk by using win7-->Burn to VCD/DVD drive.
(To avoid : bad superblock
ex : the error information -- mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom)

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