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