CDROM mounting issues

rajnair0278 · 05-23-2006, 07:13 AM

Hello. I have just installed Linux 9 on my server with the help of a CDROM drive. Now am trying to mount my cdrom on this sever to make it a Install server. However when I do a dmesg to check the device name of my CDROM it gives me a "Unable to identify CDROM format " error at the the end of the command line. Can somebody tell me what could be the reason?? Or is there any other way I can mount the CDROM?? Any help will be highly appeciated?? Thx.

J.W. · 05-23-2006, 05:19 PM

Do you have a data CD physically in the CD drive? It sounds like you may be trying to mount an empty device.

In terms of mounting the CD, the command would be something similar to

Code:

mount /dev/cdrom <mountpoint>

where <mountpoint> is the directory you want to attach the CD to (eg, /mnt/cdrom or /media/cdrom, etc)

rajnair0278 · 05-24-2006, 01:45 AM

Yeah when I mount the Cdrom there is a CD in the drive. I also have another Linux Server, on which if I type dmesg I get the device name of my CDROM drive as hdc. What i fail to understand is why I get Unable to identify CDROM format " on my second Linux 9 server when I type dmesg command when I have just installed my OS from that drive. Has it something to do with my kernel not identifying the drive, (Just a guess!!!). If yes how do i make it working??? Can somebody help me out please???