cdrom won't mount
I am losing my mind over this. If I don't fix this by tomorrow I am starting
over. I am running a pretty straight up 2.2.r2 install. I downloaded the
2.4.2 kernel to play around a little, but when back to 2.2.18pre21, because I
just didn't have the time to figure out why lp no longer worked (something with
modutils and other dependencies, I think, but I don't really care any more.)
Perhaps the new ppp I needed to work with the 2.4.2 kernel interferes, but I
don't know how to step it back down. Anyway the crux is now when I try:
#>mount /cdrom
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
or too many mounted file systems
is what I get. I have read several dozen postings about this problem, but no
solutions. There is a CD in there, it is not already mounted, and it is not an
audio CD.
It is not a hardware problem, as audio will play, and I can still boot the
Debian CDs as rescue. Also, I can boot up the 2.4.2 kernel and 'mount /cdrom'
works. I recompiled the 2.2.18pre21 kernel and mounting /cdrom still won't
work. I browsed around /proc and it looks like it sees the cdrom, iso9660
support is built in, I am just at a lost. Please help me with this. I really
like my setup right now and I am not looking forward to starting from scratch.
Thank you
-Lang
Here is a little extra info if you want. Let me know if I missed something
that may help:
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux
Operating System: Linux
Distribution Version: 2.2
Operating System Version: #4 Mon Mar 19 22:33:14 PST 2001
Operating System Release: 2.2.18pre21
Processor Type: i586
Host Name: dominion
User Name: lang
X Display Name: :0
System Status: 11:14pm up 39 min, 3 users, load average:
0.01, 0.04, 0.06
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