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i have been trying to mount my cdrom but for somereason i could not get it to work. in my /etc/fstab, i have
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0
and when i try
mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0
i got
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0: Input/output error
can anyone help?
many thanks
CHUN
ps, i have got the feeling that the cd drive driver might not have been installed configured properly. is there any command to see if its on the system?
mount: block device /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdroms/cdrom0, or too many mounted file systems
mount: block device /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdroms/cdrom0, or too many mounted file systems
I thought of testing out the command that I gave you. So I put in a blank CD in my drive and I got the same error that you got!!
Then I put in a proper CD and mounted, and it worked
So you aren't using a blank CD to test this out, right? Also, I'll explain what this command does:
Code:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom
Here, the "-t" specifies the filesystem type. It can be anything from vfat to ext3 to iso9660. CDs use iso9660 mostly. Instead you can also specify "auto" So the command will be
Code:
mount -t auto /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom
The error you got: "wrong fs type" was concerning the filesystem. Try using "auto". And don't use a blank CD, since it has no filesystem created on it. Also, if you post your /etc/fstab here, it will help.
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