On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 16:46 +0000, Qv6 wrote: > Folks: > > Just installed Gentoo on a laptop with a dvd-rom. Everything seems ok, > except that the system cannot mount dvd's. > > I have done the following: > > ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd (also tried, ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd) > > and have configured /etc/fstab like so: > > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,users 0 0 > > /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd iso9660 noauto,ro,users 0 0 > > Any clues as to how to get the system to mount and play dvd's ? > > TIA, >
firstly you do not need to mount dvd's to play them, unless you want to access the individual .vob files for some reason. second what does dmesg tell you about your dvd player and what device it is allocated? dmesg |grep -i dvd > -- > > Qv6 > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
