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on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:17:52PM -0800, SoftHome (grakker@softhome.net) wrote:
>
> 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.
Do you have iso9660 compiled or loaded as a supported filesystem?
How about specifying full arguments:
$ mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/hdc /cdrom
> 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.
This is why I suspect a module issue.
> 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.
Double-check this and show why you think it's presently loaded.
$ cat /proc/filesystems
...should show iso9660.
> 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
More useful than any of the above would be your /etc/fstab line for
/cdrom.
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