Can't Mount cdrom

malickhat · 07-08-2009, 01:51 PM

Hi,
I tried to mount my cd with the following command,i've searched the forum regarding this but nothing helped me

mout /dev/cdrom

and the error i got is

mount: can't find /dev/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

and my cat /etc/fstab is

Code:

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Fri Jun 26 13:34:49 2009
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or vol_id(8) for more info
#
UUID=16d88684-1260-4f2b-a68f-2f583dfb7636 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
UUID=faf5274e-78b3-480f-8101-9093f9032c90 /usr                    ext3    defaults        1 2
UUID=1748124a-d25b-4962-8f63-63b732bc2081 /home                   ext3    defaults        1 2
UUID=7cbb737b-db4f-4edc-b2aa-e047f7dbc93e /data                   ext3    defaults        1 2
UUID=74e5ae49-e854-4391-9342-8640bd03d2c3 /data2                  ext3    defaults        1 2
UUID=6e10d4f9-c4af-4030-9990-afc740f9cdd4 /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
UUID=29b7cdbf-99cb-41c2-b1e8-f6bda50a6808 swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

and my cat /etc/mtab is

Code:

/dev/sda2 / ext3 rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/sda6 /usr ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda5 /home ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda3 /data ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda8 /data2 ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext3 rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0
gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/malick/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon rw,nosuid,nodev,user=malick 0 0

Need some Help

NeddySeagoon · 07-08-2009, 02:29 PM

malickhat,

Add

Code:

/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom      udf,iso9660     users,noauto,ro 0 0

to /etc/fstab or use the full mount command. Ensure that /mnt/cdrom exists too.
The options users,noauto,ro allow any user to mount and unmount cdroms, it not automouted at boot and cdroms are mounted read only.
If you don't trust your users, you can add other options, like noexec, to prevent programs on optical media from being run.

abi0909 · 07-08-2009, 02:44 PM

mount /dev/cdrom

This command is not the complete command to mount a filesystem. Issuing this command will search for an entry for /dev/cdrom in the fstab, and in your case since this is missing, it will kick you out with this error.

Complete mount command is:

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

And if you want this to be mounted on system reboot too, as in the entry in the fstab and do "mount -a". This mount -a will re-read the fstab and remount what ever file system is not mounted.

So once you do mount -a and then a df -h, you must see your cdrom mounted on /mnt/cdrom .

If not, check your fstab for a typo.

Cheers!!!

malickhat · 07-08-2009, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeddySeagoon

malickhat,

Add

Code:

/de/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom      udf,iso9660     users,noauto,ro 0 0

I added that line in my fstab but when i reopened it i couldn't see the line again it's been deleted i guess

malickhat · 07-08-2009, 11:24 PM

[QUOTE=abi0909;3601362]mount /dev/cdrom

Quote:

Complete mount command is:

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

I issued this comand and i got a error that mount point dose not exist and i created a dir in mnt with the name of cdrom,then it's works fine for me

Quote:

And if you want this to be mounted on system reboot too, as in the entry in the fstab and do "mount -a". This mount -a will re-read the fstab and remount what ever file system is not mounted.

So once you do mount -a and then a df -h, you must see your cdrom mounted on /mnt/cdrom .

Cheers!!!

df -h shows the /mnt/cdrom

NeddySeagoon · 07-09-2009, 02:01 PM

malickhat,

There is no /de on the front of the line.

You must be the root user to edit that file or use sudo on the front of the editor command.

malickhat · 07-11-2009, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeddySeagoon

malickhat,

There is no /de on the front of the line.

You must be the root user to edit that file or use sudo on the front of the editor command.

I can mount now ,but i still have some problem ,why my Cd is not autoplaying though i'm using fedora 10 ,or how can i make it to auto play