Dennis:
Try changing the entry for your cdrom in fstab to:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,dev=/dev/hdb 0 0
That oughta work!
Dennis Myers wrote:
>
> I have been all over the web, and the newbie archives and tried all indicated
> solutions to get to my cdrom as root or user. Nope? error message is
> /mnt/cdrom is not a block device. What have I missed. Here is my fstab.
>
> /dev/hdc1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> /dev/hdc6 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,dev=/dev/hdb 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat sync,nosuid,noauto,user,nodev,unhide 0 0
> /dev/zip /mnt/zip vfat nosuid,noauto,nodev,user 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
>
> I know something doesn't look right on the /mnt/cdrom line, something
> missing, but can't put a finger on it and I have lost the one good example I
> printed out. It's in the mess called my desk. So does anyone have a solution
> to this problem. I have the soundblaster live configured and have been
> congratulated by my computer so I know its working, I would like to listen to
> a CD to see how much improvement gained over the old card. TIA
> --
> Dennis M.
> Registered Linux user #180842
Cheers,
Anthony
