Re: Now Can't Mount the CDROM
Hello!
Bruce, thanks for the tip about ?script?. For whatever reason, ?man?
didn?t work, but I got the script working anyway. Here are the relevant
excerpts:
Agape:~# ls -l /dev/{sonycd,cdrom}
ls: /dev/{sonycd,: No such file or directory
ls: cdrom}: No such file or directory
Agape:~# /dev/MAKEDEV sonycd
Agape:~# ln -s /dev/{sonycd, cdrom}
Agape:~# mount /dev/sonycd /cdrom
mount: /dev/sonycd is not a block device
Agape:~# mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom
mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
Agape:/etc# ae fstab
File "fstab" 345 bytes read.
7m....5...10....5...20....5...30....5...40....5...50....5...60....
5...70....5...80 /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro
/dev/hda3 none swap
proc /proc proc defaults
<< EOF >>
Agape:/etc# lsmod
Module Size Used by
cdu31a 21448 0 (unused)
serial 18412 0
parport_pc 5492 1 (autoclean)
lp 5184 0 (unused)
parport 6600 1 [parport_pc lp]
vfat 8972 0 (unused)
smbfs 24104 0 (unused)
binfmt_aout 3668 0
Will I have to add some information to fstab, then? Thanks! - Manu
In a message dated 5/4/00 1:58:15 PM EST, bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca writes:
<< n Wed, 3 May 2000 MSaxena358@aol.com wrote:
> Thanks everyone for your help so far. I was able to get the cdrom
module
> installed by using modconf. Now, however, I can't get the cdrom to mount,
> and the archives and howtos are of no help. Using the normal mount
command,
> I get "special device does not exist" or "sonycd is not a block device",
> basically no matter what. The same thing happens when trying to install
> applications from dselect: nothing I type in is recognized as a block
device.
> This is on a 486 with a Sony CDU33A cdrom. Using lsmod the device driver
> for the cdrom does show up.
> Any tips/strategies? Thank you!
You are not really giving enough information, look at "man script" to
find out how to capture what you are doing in a file you can include in
your messages to the list.
What is the output of "ls -l /dev/{sonycd,cdrom}"?
(To make sure that the node for the sonycd device exists,
and cdrom is linked to it. Do a, "/dev/MAKEDEV sonycd" as root,
if it doesn't exist; do, "ln -s /dev/{sonycd,cdrom}" if there is no
link between the two.)
When you do a "mount ..." command;
what are the "..." bits and what is the output?
(There are different mount command forms, some require fstab to be setup
properly in order to work.)
What does your /etc/fstab look like?
(This can affect what "..." could be, and sets up some permissions and
access parameters.)
later,
Bruce
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