I can't mount my cdrom drive

scorpion777 · 08-10-2003, 09:24 PM

When I type in mount cdrom i get this back:

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

What do I do to mount it.

ksgill · 08-10-2003, 09:27 PM

mount /dev/cdrom
and unmount using:
umount /dev/cdrom

scorpion777 · 08-10-2003, 09:41 PM

Thanks, I got it to mount. Now I created a desktop icon so I wouldn't have to use command line to always mount it. When I'm out of root and I click on it it says:

Could not mount device.
The reported error was:
mount: only root can mount /dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom

I went to superuser mode and did a chmod +x to /dev/cdrom but it still doesn't work. what do i do for this

looper · 08-10-2003, 10:33 PM

check your fstab file [/etc/fstab]. Verify if inside of it there is a line that starts with the LABEL : /dev/cdrom, if no add this line:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0

"/MNT/CDROM MUST EXIST" SO check if that folder exists, it should

DrOzz · 08-10-2003, 11:37 PM

thats not so much the case, its just that a normal user doesn't have the rights to mount in which in turn you have to give them rights to do it....
and looper /mnt/cdrom obviously exists if he can mount it as root...
so in your /etc/fstab file where you see the line for you cdrom just add "user" to its options...
so instead of it just saying:
noauto,ro
it will say:
noauto,ro,user
then your normal users will be able to mount.

looper · 08-11-2003, 08:15 AM

scorpion777, Dr0zz is right, I forgot to complete it [it was late]. I wrote what I thought you had inside your fstab instead of what you should have to allow any user to mount it. So yes, add "user" to field 4 of your fstab