cannot detect my cdrom
 

can anybody help me how to detect my cdrom i use the following command:

mount -iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

the errors are:
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write protected
mount: medium not found


what wrong with this i even use the cd rom whe i installed th linux RH7.3


Urgent

have u tried to mount the cdrom while u were root

Hello

I think it should be

mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

where the -t option stands for "file system" and what follows (iso9960) is the actual file system you want to use.

If you type "-iso9960" mount thinks it is an option.

type "man mount" for more details.

It is telling you that the CD-ROM is read-only.
This error tells you that there is no CD-ROM in the CD drive.

That's correct.
What does the CD-ROM's entry in /etc/fstab look like?

if you are using RedHat 7.3 you could mount your cdrom in a easiest way.
does not matter if you are root or what because the fstab have the user option. (noauto, user, bla bla bla)

whatever@whatever# mount /mnt/cdrom [enter]

that's all.

if you really belive that is a hardware problem, just reseat the conection of the ribon cable (remember to ground yourselv and disconect the power cable). But the thing is.. if the system is able to boot from the cd is because the hardware works.