hi!

i have got some problems with my cd/dvd drives...
when i try to mount my dvd, i get an error:
/dev/dvd: Input/Output error
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

..under suse everything worked..

and i cant mount my cdrw drive..
when i mount /dev/cdrom slack tries to mount dvd.

heres my fstab:
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,user,umask=000 1 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrw auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

..how can i mount the cdrw drive and why do i get the error?

Try update your links (/dev/dvd) to suit your system. Example :
rm /dev/dvd
ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/dvd (assuming dvd drive is /dev/hdd)
same for cdrw

ok that works, now he tries to mount the right drive, but now i've got the error on both drives..

is it a CD/DVD drive or do you have a cd and a dvd drive (2 drives)?
is one a burner or are they both burners?
- if so do you have your "append" message in your lilo?
- and your /dev/scd0 linked to /dev/cdrom?

Correct your fstab like :

/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0

...as the auto does not work very well, and udf is format for DVDs

..there are two drives, one dvd and one cdrw.
i added /dev/hdc = ide-scsi to lilo and replacing the auto wont help, too

but i did not link /dev/scd0 to /dev/cdrom.. how do i do that?

thx, christian

I assume you use a 2.4.xx kernel, otherwise ide-cd will be more suitable for kernel 2.6.xx parameter.

The syntax is :
ln -s <source file> <name of link>
so to link /dev/scd0 to /dev/cdrom :
ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom

Try changing the "owner' in you fstab lines to "user" or "users" for both devices...........

hmh.. now he sais no medium found..
i dont understand this machine :>

"No medium found" usually means there's no CD in the drive...........

well thats why im wondering ^^
there was one in it.. so it dont seem to work

Be more precise when asking help please, give your kernel version, if cdrom is IDE or scsi, what are the lilo kernel parameter in your config, what does dmesg say about your cdrom drive, how do you try to mount the drive (what options did you use with mount command), the filesystem type of the CD etc...

try putting an audio CD in and opening XMMS just to see if it plays. audio CDs do not have to be mounted to play.

I also noticed by the Distribution under your name in the left column you are using Slack 10.....................They changed some of the groups for the block devices, so you will need to add you user to those groups, if you already haven't done so................do the 'ls -l' command for those devices (if they're symlinks, do the command on the devices they point to) to find the group they belong to and add your user to them...........

finally i got slackware trying to mount the cdrom drive, but then slack crashes and the only way to get out is to power off..

know any solutions?


(slack10, kernel-2.4.26, 1 ide dvd drive, 1 ide cd/rw drive, tried booting w/ & w/o hdd=ide-scsi, mounted <mount /mnt/cdrom> [->/dev/hdd | /dev/scd0], fs type of the cd: iso9660)