mount error

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 08:50:55AM -0700, Pedro Morales wrote:
> 
> --- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> remade the cd with the slowest speed the burner could
> give, and still the same problem, even tried a cdrom I
> mounted before and it couldn't.

Then your CD drive may be bad.

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.