Mount cdrom & cdrw
 

Hello again, this time for mounting cdrom drive. I get the answer "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device.


My fstab file contains (as cdrom entries):

...
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0

The command dmesg|gred CD replies:
hda: CD-ROM 32X/AKU, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdb: CD-RW CRX100E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
hdb: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 1024kB Cache, DMA


How can I get these to mount? I read a thread which said make a symlink for the devices: ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom which I don't understand where to place.

kind regards

your cdrom is /dev/hda

your cdrw is /dev/hdb
you would type these commands in a shell prompt as root

ln -s /dev/hda /dev/cdrom
ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrw

this is if you do not have scsi emulation enabled on them

check /etc/fstab for hda=ide-scsi or hdb=ide-scsi

Okay I entered the command ln -s /dev/hda /dev/cdrom
It then says ln '/dev/cdrom': file exists

After that I still can't mount my cdrom. As for the other line, those aren't in my fstab file.

use this

ln -sf /dev/hda /dev/cdrom

or remove the /dev/cdrom first

Okay I tried this now too.
It still won't work. It now says (after the mount command):

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/hda, or too many mounted file systems.

My exact fstab file is:


/dev/hdf2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdf1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hdf5 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf6 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdf7 /virtual ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hde1 /harddrives/windows vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hde5 /harddrives/misc vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdg1 /harddrives/dos vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdg5 /harddrives/docs vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdg6 /harddrives/films vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdg7 /harddrives/music vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdh1 /harddrives/w-soft vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdh5 /harddrives/images vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdh6 /harddrives/l-soft vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0


I also tried by changing /dev/cdrom to /dev/hda

Maybe you are trying to mount a music cd.
If so don't, just insert the cd in the drive and start a cd playing program.

good point.

Also you can completely bypass fstab by using the mount command

mount /dev/hda /mnt/cdrom


also try it as root.

Ohhhh. I didn't know that. I was trying to mount a music cd. My fault should have siad so. I'll try this evening if it works. Don't have it at work, haha. But thanks for the tip.

Silly me