Mounting Error: "The given volume was not found."
 

Hey everyone!

I only just started using Linux to view some DVD-ROM files through an external drive on my Chromebook for work. I managed to install linux just fine, but now I am having trouble mounting the dvd drive.

It shows up as "MI Resources" but when I click on the icon an error pops up. "Failed to mount 'MI Resources' The given volume was not found."

If you know how to fix this error, please let me know! And keep in mind that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. Be gentle!

What file types are you trying to access?

It's a resource DVD-rom with many different file types inside such as PDF, and mp4. I don't really know the exact files included since I can't access them. (The Chromebook is my only computer) Does that help at all?

I'm sure I know the answer, but I have to ask this question for rule out purposes: Is there a disk in the device when you try to mount it?

Does the device show when you run fdisk -l? If not, does it show when you run dmesg?

The dmesg command produces a lot of output, so you might want to pipe the output to a file and review the file in a text editor.

There's no disk in it at the moment or when I was trying to mount it.

And I know I'm going to sound really stupid, but what do you mean by run fdisk -l? I'm assuming it's a command, but what's the exact code? And do I have to put it in using Chrome OS or Linux?

Thanks so much foe being patient with me!

Put the DVD in the drive before you attempt to mount it.
Actually, there's a good chance that it will automount it for you.

All commands are run from a command entry screen - but depending on your variety of Linux you might not be forced to use it much.

I tried plugging the drive in and then putting the disk in and plugging it in with the disk already in and it still failed to mount because "not authorized to perform operation" so you know, that's fun.

Do you know how to access the command screen in Linux? I use ctrl+alt+T in Chrome OS but that doesn't work in Linux.

What linux distribution are you running?

By default Ubuntu and Mint (and maybe others) create a shortcut i.e. ctrl+alt+T to start a terminal window but it isn't universal. Otherwise you should be able to start it from your desktop menu.

If the DVD is not automatically being mounted which depends on the desktop you might need to manually mounted via the terminal window. To manually mount the disk you need to use sudo or be root.

sudo mount -t auto /dev/sr0 /media

All right, I found terminal, there was an icon on screen, I know, I'm an idiot.

I attempted to use the command you gave me but it didn't work. Luckily, with a bit of googling I did find the right command, "sudo mount /dev/cdrom" The issue now is that I need to find a mount point. Can anyone tell me how to do that?

Thanks again for all your help!

Device names vary, yours is /dev/cdrom
Typically a suitable mountpoint is /mnt or /media

After you have finished processing the DVD and before you eject the disk, enterPlease note the spelling of umount - that is not a typo.

A mount point is just a directory. Some Linux distributions will have a number of empty directories under /mnt/ which you can use. You can also simply create a directory to use as a mount point, as root user: mkdir /mnt/dvd then mount it as shown in post 8 above.

Cool, here's where I'm at now!

I made the mount point, it's "/mnt/dvd". I went and did "sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/dvd"

So, the new issue is "no medium found on /dev/sr0". Does that mean I got the device name wrong? How do I find my device name?

Is there a disk in the drive?

What linux distribution are you running?

Yes, should I take it out?

No, post the output of the lsblk command.

What linux distribution are you running?