I need to put the files on cdrom into top level directory veclinux. I don't know how to access my cdrom to mv the files though.

I am trying to mount # mount /mnt/cdrom
but I get
mount: can't find /mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

I am clueless.

You can try:

mount -t iso9660 /dev/hd? /mnt/cdrom -o ro

Replace the ? in hd? with the correct drive letter and make sure that the directory /mnt/cdrom exists. Don't forget to unmount the drive when you're done using it with ' umount /mnt/cdrom ' and if you cd'ed onto the cdrom disk, you want to cd off the cdrom disk before you unmount it.

You can also add a line to your /etc/fstab file to make it easier to mount next time. Like this:

/dev/hd? /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,ro,noauto 0 0

You have to be root to edit the /etc/fstab file. Then to mount the cdrom drive just run ' mount /mnt/cdrom '.

hi.

i had the same problem and i did some stupid things . first i thought, that if i clean fstab and mtab from cdrom entrys, my RH 7.3 will create the proper ones by itself. i didn't. then i removed /dev/hdc from my harddrive.
no i am totally confused - what should i do now? please advise me.

that wurkd

thanx alot

You're welcome.

keevitaja, edit your /etc/fstab file like I told stalkersteve. Add this line to your /etc/fstab file:

/dev/hd? /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,ro,noauto 0 0

Do this as root and make sure /mnt/cdrom exists and replace the ? with the correct drive letter. Then to mount it run ' mount /mnt/cdrom '.

i knoo that, but i did rm /dev/hdc, which was my cd rom. how cab i get it back?

keev, I would think a reboot might bring that back. Not sure though, because I haven't gone around yet and randomly deleted important files.

nope, reboot won't cure a thing