Can't mount media CD's ??

wootletootle · 08-04-2006, 11:57 PM

Hello all,

I'd like to pay media files (mp3,flac etc) which
I burned to a CD with a Windows utility. There is
no problem playing the files under WinXP but I am unable
to mount these CD's under Linux. The mount utility
asks for a filesystem but

mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom

does not work nor does vfat, msdos etc. Can anyone
suggest how I might play these media files?
Direct play (using xine) of the umounted CD doesn't
work either....

Thanks....

win32sux · 08-05-2006, 12:29 AM

does that /cdrom directory exist??

are you sure the /dev/cdrom link is good??

please post the exact error message you are getting...

wootletootle · 08-05-2006, 01:10 AM

Thanks win32sux, for your suggestions.
In this case, after a reboot, I was able to
mount the CD. I should have tried this
before posting

vharishankar · 08-05-2006, 01:22 AM

You should create an entry in the /etc/fstab file for CDROM and DVDROM drives on your system. You don't have to mount using the full mount command every time.

Code:

man fstab