Re: Can't mount DVD any more

[Tong <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:03:01 -0400, Tong wrote:

[Original question with more comments]

> I used to be able to mount my dvd, but not now any more.

That was long time ago, before I tweak the kernel modules. 

> Here is my fstab:
> 
> $ grep dvd /etc/fstab 
> /dev/dvd                /mnt/dvd                auto   noauto,user

Same here, I was able to access DVD via '/dev/dvd' before. This fstab
reflects old settings. But now,

> When I mount explicitly, I get:
> 
> % mount -t iso9660 /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd/ 
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/dvd,
>        or too many mounted file systems
>        (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
>        ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)
> 
> % mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd/ 
> mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: No medium found
> 
> What I can do? 

I mean, what should be the standard place to access DVD in my current
situation? -- ide-scsi module doesn't like /dev/dvd, but the /dev/sr{0,1}
that it suggests do not work.

> Here is my kernel modules:
> 
> $ lsmod | grep -Ei 'scsi|cd|dvd|ide'
> ide-scsi                8464   0  (autoclean)
> scsi_mod               85312   4  (autoclean) [sr_mod sg sd_mod ide-scsi]
> ide-cd                 27936   0 
> cdrom                  25056   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
> ide-detect               288   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> ide-disk               12512  12  (autoclean)
> ide-core               94108  12  (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-detect sis5513 ide-disk]

Thanks