hi, i'm running slackware 9.0.
Well, i have a very strange asus 52X cdrom which is located in hdc.
the problem is i can never get it mounted...
both
mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
only return "Mount:Not a directory"....

even if i'm with root the problem persists as well....
below is my fstab
/dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /mnt/WinBoot vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0
/dev/hda7 /mnt/WinDocs vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0

when i use kcd in kde with root, the cdrom surprisingly can be read and play songs, but when in normal user account, i'll get "cdrom can't be accessed"(i've change the cdrom options to user in fstab, as stated in linux docs website, but still can't access it)



anyone with a solution? any help is appreciated...

try mount /dev/cdrom

I'm having a similar problem, and no matter what I try, I get the following:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
or too many mounted file systems
(could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)

So far I have tried:

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

And they all give the same error.

hey deesto...
do u have the same problems with other distro as well?
how u managed to install other distro?
before i try slackware, i had mandrake and redhat.
mandrake failed to be installed as during installation it alreadi said the cdrom can't be mounted..... but redhat proceed with no error,weird...
slackware also failed to detect the cdrom during installation,
but due to its flexible installer, i got thru it with tricks...(but not when the system is up ;P)

sigh....

Hi neo_nirvane, this is happening on a Slackware 8.1 box at the moment. I'm logging into the box remotely, and I can't get the CD-ROM drive mounted. When I installed Slackware months ago it read the drive fine and I was able to boot from the CD to perform the installation, so it not being able to mount now is a bit of a mystery to me.

what type of cd are you trying to mount?

I am having the same problem yet haven't had a look around yet to try and figure out what is causing it. I pass "hdc=ide-scsi" to the kernel with LiLo cos thats what someone told me was needed to use a CDR drive ??? Correct?

Hi quietguy47, I'm trying to mount a Slackware 9.0 CD from a verified image that was burned in Windows.

me too, i've tried all sorts of cds i can find, slackware cds, music cds, compilation cds i made in windows..... all failed....
btw, 1 thing is that how do i pass parameter to the boot now?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=56071
you may can fin something here

When you pass the option hdc=ide-scsi in lilo, you turn your cd-rw to just a burner. It won't mount any cd.
This is why I have a cd-rw and a cd.

killi was right! Excalibur provided an answer that worked in the link killi gave! Basically, the problem is that the drive is not just a CD-ROM drive, but a CD-RW. If that's the case for you as well, just follow Excalibur's response ste-by-step and it will work!

erm... but i'm sure mine is a plain ide 52X cdrom.... it can't be a burner!

Well give it a go anyway? Maybe creating a link will help?

I suggest you try to use the 'ide-scsi' method even on a normal cd-rom drive (not burner): it gives you the advantage of being able to read digital audio from audio cd's!
Of course, if you never use your drive to do that, never mind

Have fun,

nukkel