Dave wrote:
> what happens when you type:
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/hda /mnt
mount: block device /dev/hda is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda,
or too many mounted file systems
(aren't you trying to mount an extend
Dave Fitch wrote:
> > % cat /proc/ide/ide0/hda/model
> > HITACHI CDR-8435
>
> so it's an IDE cd writer then?
> isn't there something weird about them? like they appear as
> scsi devices instead of ide? I have this vague idea there's
> some catch with them.
You have to set them up using the IDE
>>(and it is supposed to be hda isn't it? not hda1? guess not,
>>cos the cd isn't partitioned, just wondering out loud)
I remember reading somewhere that CD-Roms on certain motherboards have to be on
the secondry controller else they wont work. I have had a couple of motherboards
like that in t
Peter Rundle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> % mount /mnt/cdrom
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
>or too many mounted file systems
>(aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
>instead of some logical partition inside?)
>
> % grep cdrom /
What happens when you try to mount the full command eg.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
I have problems sometimes where it doesn't know where to place it.. weird.
Also, is the CDROM on the primary master IDE slot as it looks like it's
pointing to it via /dev/hda..???
thanks,
George Vieira
Network
