mount error

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 09:57:29AM -0700, Pedro Morales wrote:
> 
> --- 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

I'd say there is something wrong with the way you burned the CD.  If
you can mount any other CD without tears, then that is nearly
certain.  You may find you need to burn at a slower rate.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
A man who can kneel before God can stand up to anything.