Dennis Myers wrote:
> "John T. Seebold" wrote:
>
> > My fstab file...
> >
> > #################################################################
> > # The 26 GB Diamond Maxtor Super Drive.
> > /dev/hdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/hdb5 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> > /dev/hdb7 /usr ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/hdb6 none swap defaults 1 2
> >
> > # The shitty little 4 GB Western Digital.
> > /dev/hdc1 /mnt/scratch ext2 defaults 1 2
> >
> > # Some other shit I have no clue about.
> > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> >
> > # An Attempt at mounting the DVD drive and the CD Burner.
> > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0
> > /dev/cdburner /mnt/cdburner auto noauto,ro,user 0 0
> >
> > # The floppy drives, 3.5" and the 5.25".
> > /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
> > /dev/floppy2 /mnt/floppy2 auto noauto,user 0 0
> > #################################################################
> >
> > So I tried a few entries at the command line...
> >
> > [root@zoey /etc]# mount -a
> > [root@zoey /etc]# mount /dev/cdrom
> > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
> > [root@zoey /etc]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
> > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
> > [root@zoey /etc]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
> > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
> > [root@zoey /etc]# mount /dev/cdburner /mnt/cdburner
> > mount: /dev/cdburner is not a valid block device
> > [root@zoey /etc]# arg!
> > bash: arg!: command not found
> > [root@zoey /etc]#
> >
> > And still I can't get the damn things mounted. The hard drives are as
> > autodetected... and I *did* install off the Mandrake cd... I just can't
> > remount the bloody drives.
> >
> > Of (perhaps) importance:
> > /dev/cdburner is quite obviously a cdburner.
> > /dev/cdrom is no quite so obviously a dvd-rom drive.
> >
> > Please help,
> > Thank you,
> > John
>
> Hi, try something like:
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt
> or mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt
>
> The -r for read only. As I understand it you get an error back about
> not a valid block device . Mayhap without the final "cdrom" or "cdburner"
> They might come on line. The -r gives you read only so that probably
> isn't an option. This might be obvious but there should be a space
> between mount and the rest of the line. I hope none of this is to
> obviously newbie, but I am obviously a newbie and don't know " twice
> around a burnt bisquit " as my dear Mother used to say. The info above is
> out of one of the books I've been reading. Hope something works soon, you
> are sounding frustrated.
Also, is it SCSI or IDE if IDE see the Linux - Mandrake webpages tutorial
on CD burners. Looks like trouble to me. Still hoping something in all this
helps you. Dennis
