Problem mounting cdrom

rwelch · 03-07-2003, 02:23 AM

I am trying to mount cdrom by typing the following:

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

however I get the following message:

mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device (maybe ! ' insmod driver' ?)

Would appreciate some help on this

acid_kewpie · 03-07-2003, 02:35 AM

does /dev/cdrom exist then? can you just mount it usiugn the orginal IDE block device entry? /dev/cdrom isn't an acutal device, just a link to the real device such as /dev/hdc if your drive is the secondary master on your system

jetblackz · 03-07-2003, 10:35 AM

I'm sorry, but I never did that cuz it's in /etc/fstab

so you just enter

mount /mnt/cdrom

Don't try to mount a blank/audio CD.

arnold · 03-07-2003, 11:42 AM

Almost same answer as in general forum:

dmesg|grep -i cd
this will probably show hdb
whatever it shows (hdX)
mount /dev/hdX /mnt/cdrom

if this does not work, try
insmod scsi_mod
insmod ide-scsi
mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom

then, ln /dev/worked /dev/cdrom

rwelch · 03-07-2003, 10:14 PM

Sorry, I forgot to mention it was working ok before, so I am mot sure if its somethink I've done