mounting in slack

cranb214 · 02-23-2003, 12:06 AM

I am having a problem mounting cds on my dvd-rom and cdrw drives in my slack distribution. I am using the GNOME x interface. When I type "mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom" I get the following:

/dev/scd0: Input/output error
mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
/dev/scd0: Input/output error
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

Is this a driver issue or am I just not typing the correct command?

Thanks for any who reply,
Chris

Crashed_Again · 02-23-2003, 12:10 AM

Did you try:

mount /mnt/cdrom

????

cranb214 · 02-23-2003, 01:20 AM

Yeah, just typing 'mount /mnt/cdrom' does not work. Thanks anyway.

Chris

tincat2 · 02-23-2003, 02:23 AM

i thought the command is:mount -t file system(ext2,vfat,iso9660) device(/dev/cdrom,/dev/fd0,/dev/scd0,etc.) mount point(/mnt/cdrom,/mnt/floppy,etc.)-in your case
mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom
the directory cdrom has to exist in /mnt(it may be /cdrom depending on your setup)
mount cdrom should work if the cd device(/dev/scd0),the file system and the mount point are identified in your /etc/fstab-look at it and see what it says.

Crunch · 02-23-2003, 07:33 PM

When i mounted my primary diskdrive i didn't need to place "-t NTFS" that made it error for me, i used "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hd"

But for cdrom you might have to do "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cd" I don't know I always thought the cd was mounted when ever i placed it in the disk tray and let it read the disk :]

cranb214 · 02-23-2003, 09:07 PM

Found out it was something that wasn't properly compiled in the kernel. Thanks for all your replies!!

Chris