Hello,

I am running Redhat 9 and the hardware browser shows a samsung CD-Rom SC-140. The cdrom does not mount when I put in a disc. When I run mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mtn/cdrom or mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mtn/cdrom or when I use the mount button on the usermount gui I get the same error.

Mount: Not a directory


Thanks for any assistance you can offer.

well it celarly says that the directory you're trying to mount it on is not actually a directory.... create it. or at least SPELL it right... /mnt/ not /mtn/

Hrmm,

If you are actually doing /mtn/, try replacing /mtn/ with /mnt/

Yes, I was spelling it right. Sorry for the error in my question. Any other ideas?

/mnt/cdrom is a directory on my system it just always says 0 items. Thanks again for the help

Very strange, and this is done as root then?
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

And it returns an error? What error?

Is /dev/hdc really your cdrom device? Check dmesg (in a console type dmesg | less ) for the section on your devices, and make sure hdc is your cdrom.

Cool

Thanks for trying to help, MasterC!

The error I get in both the terminal or in a pop up window(when I use the usermount gui) is

Mount: Not a directory.


I have tried mounting both /dev/cdrom and /dev/hdc both return the above message.

I have also tried mounting the filesystem to /mnt/cdrom and other known directories, still same error.

I belive it is finding the cdrom and everything ok since I am not getting a device error or a no medium found error. It also does display the block information as usual saying that its write protected and its going to mount it in read only, it then pauses and returns the Mount: Not a directory.

?


Thanks again.

sorry, yes I am root when doing this.

How very odd. You have tried other directories then? As root:
mkdir /mnt/test
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/test

Also, check your fstab to see if maybe you've got supermount/automount setup and it's auto mounting your device somewhere else.

If you've got another "rom" device, give that a try as well. Can you mount partitions?

Cool

I made a test directory tried to mount there, no luck.

I checkd the fstab file and there was no automount/supermount setup.

/dev/cdrom is a link to /dev/hdc

When I open the hardware browser it shows the samsung cd-rom drive listed as /dev/hdc

Not sure if that helps any, I have tried mounting both various ways. still nothing but that error. I am able to mount partitions and the floppy drive I can mount and umount no problem, its just the pesky cdrom drive.

Thanks for the help.

Redhat might be using IDE-SCSI module. Try /dev/scd0 or /dev/sc0. I don't remember. I'm not on my home computer. My home computer uses IDE-SCSI module for my CD-RW drive. I have to use SCSI dev schemes when using dd to make ISO images of my CDs. Try looking for it under /dev. It may be not be physically connected at all, so check the cable.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I wll try the SCSI stuff and also I have the strace output that I can post so you all can see where is actually happening. Thanks again.

I too am having trouble mounting my CD in RH9 and was wondering if you were able to mount using /dev/scd0.