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Need to mount data from internal dvd+rw; Linux is asking for filesystem type.
I'm using Linux OEL v5.4. I am trying to copy data from my (internal) dvd to a directory.
I'm logged in as root I mkdir ovmdvd I use: mount /dev/dvdrom /ovmdvd I get this reply--->: mount: you must specify the filesystem type I made this dvd on a Windows Vista Business machine. I've used a boot dvd made on the same Vista machine on my Linux machine without any problems. What should I say the filesystem type is?...and what does the syntax look like? |
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Try the following command instead:
Code:
mount /dev/cdrom /ovmdvd |
Same results
I'm still getting the same response--: mount: you must specify the filesystem type
I even double checked to make sure there was data on the cd. |
Which filesystem is on the dvd?
Try to use the -t option If it's vfat Code:
mount -t vfat /dev/cdrom /mountpoint |
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Alright. When you say internal DVD what does that mean. Are we talking about internal DVD ROM attached to Linux OEL 5.4 or we are talking about any ISO image which is there on your server?
"I've used a boot dvd made on the same Vista machine on my Linux machine without any problems." Which linux machine we are talking about in the above mentioned sentence. |
This command "mount -t vfat /dev/cdrom /ovmdvd" Did not work. Got this response: "mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist"
T3RM1NVT0R, yes it is a DVD CDROM. The files on the DVD are not ISO files. I downloaded this file from Oracle (it is the VM MGR 2.2.0 for Linux x86 32bit) on to my Vista laptop. I unzipped it there. Typically, the files I download from Oracle are ISO, but this one was not. To answer your original question I guess the answer is we are talking about internal DVD CDROM attached to Linux OEL 5.4. All I was trying to point out here is that the drive attached to the Linux machine is internal verses a USB external drive. If I put the DVD into my Vista machine drive, I can see the files without any problems. |
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When you insert the DVD in your Windows Vista machine which format does it show. It should typically show as CDFS. Are you able to mount any other CD/DVD on your linux machine.
Please paste the output of the following command: Code:
ls -l /dev |
The filesystem for CD and DVD often is iso9660 or udf, so check this:
Code:
mount -t udf /dev/dvdrom /ovmdvd |
[root@merlin ~]# mount -t udf /dev/dvdrom ovmdvd
mount: special device /dev/dvdrom does not exist [root@merlin ~]# It doesn't recoqnize "/ovmdvd". So, I have to take the "/" off. I'll put my output from the ls command below. First, I want to say the type shows UDF. Next, I plugged in my USB external drive and have no problems seeing the files. Another thing is that I've only used "CDs" so far with the internal drive. My Linux was burned on to 5 bootable "CDs". Could my internal drive be bad? I just bought this old thing from a guy that posted it on Craigslist. I just needed it to run my VM Manager. So, I'm going to mount the contents of the dvd using the USB drive. [root@merlin ~]# ls -l /dev total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Dec 29 11:37 audio crw------- 1 root root 10, 62 Dec 29 11:38 autofs drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Dec 29 11:37 bus lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 cdrom -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 29 11:37 cdrom-hda -> hda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 cdrom-sr0 -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 cdrw -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 29 11:37 cdrw-hda -> hda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 cdrw-sr0 -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 cdwriter -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 29 11:37 cdwriter-hda -> hda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 cdwriter-sr0 -> scd0 crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 Dec 29 11:38 console lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 29 11:37 core -> /proc/kcore drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 Dec 29 11:37 disk drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Dec 29 11:37 dri crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Dec 29 11:37 dsp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 dvd -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 29 11:37 dvd-hda -> hda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 dvdrw -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 dvdrw-sr0 -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 dvd-sr0 -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 dvdwriter -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 15:02 dvdwriter-sr0 -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 29 11:37 fd -> /proc/self/fd crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 Dec 29 11:37 full srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 29 11:38 gpmctl brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Dec 29 11:37 hda crw------- 1 root root 10, 228 Dec 29 11:37 hpet prw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 11:41 initctl drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 Dec 29 11:37 input crw------- 1 root root 1, 11 Dec 29 11:37 kmsg srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Dec 29 11:38 log brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 0 Dec 29 11:37 loop0 brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 1 Dec 29 11:37 loop1 brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 2 Dec 29 11:37 loop2 brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 3 Dec 29 11:37 loop3 brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 4 Dec 29 11:37 loop4 brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 5 Dec 29 11:37 loop5 brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 6 Dec 29 11:37 loop6 brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 7 Dec 29 11:37 loop7 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Dec 29 11:37 lp0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 29 11:37 MAKEDEV -> /sbin/MAKEDEV drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 100 Dec 29 11:37 mapper brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 0 Dec 29 11:37 md0 crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Dec 29 11:37 mem crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Dec 29 11:37 mixer drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Dec 29 11:37 net crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Dec 29 11:37 null crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 144 Dec 29 11:37 nvram crw------- 1 root root 1, 12 Dec 29 11:37 oldmem lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 29 11:37 par0 -> lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 Dec 29 11:37 parport0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 1 Dec 29 11:37 parport1 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 2 Dec 29 11:37 parport2 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 3 Dec 29 11:37 parport3 crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 Dec 29 11:37 port crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 Dec 29 11:37 ppp crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Dec 29 15:11 ptmx drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 29 11:37 pts lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 11:37 ram -> ram1 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 0 Dec 29 11:37 ram0 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 1 Dec 29 11:37 ram1 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 10 Dec 29 11:37 ram10 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 11 Dec 29 11:37 ram11 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 12 Dec 29 11:37 ram12 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 13 Dec 29 11:37 ram13 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 14 Dec 29 11:37 ram14 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 15 Dec 29 11:37 ram15 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 2 Dec 29 11:37 ram2 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 3 Dec 29 11:37 ram3 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 4 Dec 29 11:37 ram4 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 5 Dec 29 11:37 ram5 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 6 Dec 29 11:37 ram6 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 7 Dec 29 11:37 ram7 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 8 Dec 29 11:37 ram8 brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 9 Dec 29 11:37 ram9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 11:37 ramdisk -> ram0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 Dec 29 11:37 random crw------- 1 root root 162, 0 Dec 29 11:37 rawctl brw------- 1 root root 253, 0 Dec 29 11:37 root crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 135 Dec 29 11:37 rtc brw-rw---- 1 root disk 11, 0 Dec 29 15:02 scd0 brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 Dec 29 11:37 sda brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 1 Dec 29 11:38 sda1 brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 2 Dec 29 11:37 sda2 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 1 Dec 29 11:37 sequencer crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 8 Dec 29 11:37 sequencer2 crw------- 1 root root 21, 0 Dec 29 11:37 sg0 crw------- 1 root root 21, 1 Dec 29 15:02 sg1 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Dec 29 11:38 shm crw------- 1 root root 10, 231 Dec 29 11:37 snapshot drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 180 Dec 29 11:37 snd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 29 11:37 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 29 11:37 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 29 11:37 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1 crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Dec 29 11:37 systty crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Dec 29 11:37 tty crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 0 Dec 29 11:37 tty0 crw------- 1 root root 4, 1 Dec 29 11:41 tty1 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 10 Dec 29 11:37 tty10 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 11 Dec 29 11:37 tty11 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 12 Dec 29 11:37 tty12 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 13 Dec 29 11:37 tty13 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 14 Dec 29 11:37 tty14 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 15 Dec 29 11:37 tty15 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 16 Dec 29 11:37 tty16 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 17 Dec 29 11:37 tty17 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 18 Dec 29 11:37 tty18 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 19 Dec 29 11:37 tty19 crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 Dec 29 11:41 tty2 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 20 Dec 29 11:37 tty20 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 21 Dec 29 11:37 tty21 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 22 Dec 29 11:37 tty22 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 23 Dec 29 11:37 tty23 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 24 Dec 29 11:37 tty24 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 25 Dec 29 11:37 tty25 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 26 Dec 29 11:37 tty26 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 27 Dec 29 11:37 tty27 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 28 Dec 29 11:37 tty28 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 29 Dec 29 11:37 tty29 crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 Dec 29 11:41 tty3 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 30 Dec 29 11:37 tty30 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 31 Dec 29 11:37 tty31 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 32 Dec 29 11:37 tty32 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 33 Dec 29 11:37 tty33 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 34 Dec 29 11:37 tty34 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 35 Dec 29 11:37 tty35 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 36 Dec 29 11:37 tty36 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 37 Dec 29 11:37 tty37 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 38 Dec 29 11:37 tty38 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 39 Dec 29 11:37 tty39 crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 Dec 29 11:41 tty4 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 40 Dec 29 11:37 tty40 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 41 Dec 29 11:37 tty41 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 42 Dec 29 11:37 tty42 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 43 Dec 29 11:37 tty43 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 44 Dec 29 11:37 tty44 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 45 Dec 29 11:37 tty45 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 46 Dec 29 11:37 tty46 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 47 Dec 29 11:37 tty47 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 48 Dec 29 11:37 tty48 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 49 Dec 29 11:37 tty49 crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 Dec 29 11:41 tty5 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 50 Dec 29 11:37 tty50 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 51 Dec 29 11:37 tty51 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 52 Dec 29 11:37 tty52 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 53 Dec 29 11:37 tty53 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 54 Dec 29 11:37 tty54 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 55 Dec 29 11:37 tty55 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 56 Dec 29 11:37 tty56 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 57 Dec 29 11:37 tty57 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 58 Dec 29 11:37 tty58 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 59 Dec 29 11:37 tty59 crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 Dec 29 11:41 tty6 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 60 Dec 29 11:37 tty60 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 61 Dec 29 11:37 tty61 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 62 Dec 29 11:37 tty62 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 63 Dec 29 11:37 tty63 crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 7 Dec 29 11:37 tty7 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 8 Dec 29 11:37 tty8 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Dec 29 11:37 tty9 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Dec 29 11:37 ttyS0 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Dec 29 11:37 ttyS1 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Dec 29 11:37 ttyS2 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Dec 29 11:37 ttyS3 cr--r--r-- 1 root root 1, 9 Dec 29 11:38 urandom crw------- 1 root root 442, 0 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev1.1_ep00 crw------- 1 root root 442, 0 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev1.1_ep81 crw------- 1 root root 442, 3 Dec 29 15:02 usbdev1.4_ep00 crw------- 1 root root 442, 3 Dec 29 15:02 usbdev1.4_ep01 crw------- 1 root root 442, 3 Dec 29 15:02 usbdev1.4_ep82 crw------- 1 root root 442, 2048 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev2.1_ep00 crw------- 1 root root 442, 2048 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev2.1_ep81 crw------- 1 root root 442, 4096 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev3.1_ep00 crw------- 1 root root 442, 4096 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev3.1_ep81 crw------- 1 root root 442, 6144 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev4.1_ep00 crw------- 1 root root 442, 6144 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev4.1_ep81 crw------- 1 root root 442, 8192 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev5.1_ep00 crw------- 1 root root 442, 8192 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev5.1_ep81 crw------- 1 root root 442, 8193 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev5.2_ep00 crw------- 1 root root 442, 8193 Dec 29 11:37 usbdev5.2_ep81 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 0 Dec 29 11:37 vcs crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 1 Dec 29 11:41 vcs1 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 2 Dec 29 11:41 vcs2 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 3 Dec 29 11:41 vcs3 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 4 Dec 29 11:41 vcs4 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 5 Dec 29 11:41 vcs5 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 6 Dec 29 11:41 vcs6 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 7 Dec 29 11:41 vcs7 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 128 Dec 29 11:37 vcsa crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 129 Dec 29 11:41 vcsa1 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 130 Dec 29 11:41 vcsa2 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 131 Dec 29 11:41 vcsa3 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 132 Dec 29 11:41 vcsa4 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 133 Dec 29 11:41 vcsa5 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 134 Dec 29 11:41 vcsa6 crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 135 Dec 29 11:41 vcsa7 drwx------ 2 root root 80 Dec 29 11:37 VolGroup00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 29 11:37 X0R -> null crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Dec 29 11:37 zero [root@merlin ~]# |
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Code:
mount -t udf /dev/dvd /ovmdvd |
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I have noticed one thing that there is no sr0 file under /dev/. I have checked this on my Ubuntu, SLES and RHEL machines and there is sr0 file under /dev directory. cdrom and dvdrom are linked to this sr0 file. In the output you pasted cdrom and dvd are linked to scd0. That also looks fine as long as scd0 is linked to sr0 but that is not the case as your scd0 file is not linked to sr0 as there is no file with the name sr0
It might be possible that it is distro specific but it can also be related to hardware issue. Not sure so no comments just an observation. |
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