Thanks - that got around it ! Angus On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 14:09, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > Change "auto" in the /dev/hdc entry to "iso9660". Your computer is > looking for a DOS ("FAT") filesystem on the CD, while it should be > looking for an CD-ROM ("iso9660") filesystem. > > -- Asheesh. > > On 27 Nov 2001, Angus Beath wrote: > > > OK, I've tried very hard to figure this out and I can't. Everytime I try > > to mount a cdrom, I get the following messages: > > > > Nov 27 13:47:04 gabriel kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 0 > > Nov 27 13:47:04 gabriel kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem > > on dev 16:00. > > > > My fstab looks like this: > > > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda9 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0 > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > /dev/hdb4 /mnt/zip auto > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda8 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2 > > /dev/hda7 /var ext2 defaults 1 2 > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > Can anyone offer any ideas as to why this is not working? The zip drive > > and the floppy drive are both working fine. > > > > Other relevent information: > > > > Linux gabriel.psyc.uow.edu.au 2.4.13-12mdk #1 Fri Nov 23 18:44:14 CET > > 2001 i686 unknown > > > > P3-800, intel motherboard, sony cdrom. > > > > Help! > > Thanks in advance! > > Angus > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- >
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