John Catral wrote:
> I tried changing the auto to iso9660 and I still get the "mount: /mnt/cdrom is not a
> valid block device" I tried all combinations (/dev/cdrom, /dev/hdc, /mnt/cdrom) and
> still the same error message. I can mount the second cdrom though. "mount
>/dev/cdrom2
> /mnt/cdrom2" works but not the primary cdrom. Arerrgg!! =( HELP!!!! =(
>
> John
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Since you are using the more traditional mounting method, I
> > suggest changing the filesystem type from "auto" to
> > "iso9660". Then with the command $ mount /mnt/cdrom it
> > should work.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, John Catral wrote:
> >
> > > Hi! This what I get for my cdrom in /etc/fstab
> > >
> > > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
> > >
> > > /dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
> > >
> > > As you can see I tried with /mnt/cdrom and it does not work. My second CDROM
>works
> > > flawlessly, why not the primary CDROM? Any ideas?
This may be a stupid suggestion but , since you can mount /mnt/cdrom2, maybe you have
to
mount/mnt/cdrom1.....? It seems kinda logical if you have two devices to mount, but
this
is really just a WAG.
