Fred J. schreef: > how do I make my fstab correct in this case? Your fstab is OK.
It should work if you do: mount /dev/hdd Maybe it's a bit better to use udf as Justin says, I don't know. With regards, Paul van der Vlis. > */Paul van der Vlis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > Fred J. schreef: > > I am trying to mount the dvd-rw but getting some errors. > > > > ~$ sudo mount -iso9660 -noatime /media/cdrom1 > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd, > > missing codepage or other error > > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > > dmesg | tail or so > > mount -t iso9660 > > If you make a correct fstab, you don't have to give the type filesystem. > > With regards, > Paul van der Vlis. > > > > */Paul van der Vlis /* wrote: > > > > Fred J. schreef: > > > Hi > > > I am missing dvdrw in my / dir, however I got cdrom which is link to > > > /media/cdrom > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2006-03-19 03:46 cdrom -> media/cdrom > > > but my fstab does not have media/cdrom but rather /media/cdrom0 > and 1. > > > here is my #fstab > > > **************************************************************** > > > !# /etc/fstab: static file system information. > > > # > > > # > > > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > /dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > > /dev/hdb9 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 > > > /dev/hdb8 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2 > > > /dev/hdb5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 > > > /dev/hdb6 /var ext3 defaults 0 2 > > > /dev/hdb7 none swap sw 0 0 > > > /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > > > /dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > > > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > > when I need to mount/umount the dvdrw I have to do > > > #mount /dve/hdd or #mount /media/cdrom1 > > > I would like to do > > > #mount /dvdrw > > > do I make a symlink in my root dir like this then > > > #ln -s /dev/hdd /dvdrw > > > ? > > > > You can do, but you need to change /etc/fstab too. > > > > Realise that the default is to use /media/cdrom1 , zo maybe it's > better > > to use that, or make a symlink from /dvdrw to /media/cdrom1. > > > > When you use a 2.6 kernel, CDroms's are mounted automatically > (when you > > did not turn that off). > > > > With regards, > > Paul van der Vlis. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42973/*http://www.yahoo.com/preview> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]