Mandriva 2006

seanh1986 · 07-09-2007, 12:04 PM

Does Mandriva 2006 automatically mount CD-ROMs? I think it does...

(If not, how could one go about mounting a CD-ROM in Mandriva 2006?)

I tried doing this,

Code:

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

but that gives me an error:

Quote:

mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/cdrom already mounted or /mnt/cdrom busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hdc is already mounted on /mnt/cdrom

This implies to me there is some sort of an "automatic mount feature".

I expected it to mount to the "/tmp" directory but apparently it did not go there...

any idea where it might have gone?

seanh1986 · 07-09-2007, 01:13 PM

ok i fount this...

Quote:

< Mandriva's automount >

In Mandriva Linux you can just stick in your floppy or CD-ROM and immediately access the files on them, without mounting them first. After you're done, you can just remove them from the drive without unmounting them first. This can be done because of a tool called automount.

automount automatically mounts all the partitions and devices listed in /etc/fstab, no matter if the devices are physically there or not. This way you can access devices in Mandriva without mounting and unmounting them yourself.

But I tried to access /etc/fstab and i got error messages since, fstab is not a directory, and when i tried doing

./fstab i got "permission denied"... but I'm logged in as root.

tredegar · 07-09-2007, 01:16 PM

Quote:

I expected it to mount to the "/tmp" directory but apparently it did not go there...

No. /tmp would not be a normal place to mount things.

Quote:

mount: according to mtab, /dev/hdc is already mounted on /mnt/cdrom

So it is probaly already automounted at /mnt/cdrom Take a look there.
Other distros automount things in /media - you could check that too.

tredegar · 07-09-2007, 01:24 PM

We are cross-posting.

Quote:

./fstab i got "permission denied"... but I'm logged in as root.

Do not be "logged in as root" especially when you are trying "random" commands!!

./fstab means "Execute the file in the current directory called fstab"
fstab is not an executable file, so of course you are getting "Permission Denied", even as root. It is a plain text file that describes how, and where things should be mounted.
Please, stop being root, and use your regular account before you trash your system.
See my post, above.

seanh1986 · 07-09-2007, 02:20 PM

I'm running it on a virtual machine so i'm free to mess around because if it craps out i can just recover to a previous snapshot and it's all good to go!

I'm not totally useless :P lol ... thanks for the help -- i'll try it out now and report back!

seanh1986 · 07-09-2007, 02:42 PM

thanks for your help... it was located at /mnt/cdrom