mount error

[Pedro Morales]

--- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 07:58:50AM -0700, Pedro
> Morales wrote:
> > 
> > --- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 05:47:09AM -0700, Pedro
> > > Morales wrote:
> > > > im pretty sure it's a simple and noobish
> question,
> > > but
> > > > im trying to mount a cdrom I burned at home,
> and I
> > > get
> > > > the error: "mount: not a directory", so im
> > > wondering
> > > > do I have to copy everything inside a
> directory
> > > then
> > > > burn the directory?
> > > > 
> > > > im using my "mount /mnt/cdrom" in my root
> shell.
> > > 
> > > Two things are required for that to work:
> > > 
> > > - /mnt/cdrom must exist as a directory.  "ls -ld
> > > /mnt/cdrom" to see if
> > >   it's there.  "mkdir /mnt/cdrom" if it's not.
> > 
> > it's there
> >  
> > > - There must be an entry in /etc/fstab that
> looks
> > > something like this:
> > > 
> > > /dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom     iso9660
> > > noauto,owner,ro 0 0
> > 
> > I have
> >  /dev/cdrom       /mnt/cdrom     udf,iso9660,
> > noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> > 
> > and the cd im trying to read is the vmware I
> > downloaded, so the cd has only files no
> directories at
> > all.
> 
> What happens if you
> 
>   mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

got the following error:
/dev/cdrom: Input/output error
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected,
mounting read-only
/dev/cdrom: Input/output error
mount: you must specify the filesystem type




	
		
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