[ale] Cannot mout cdrom drive

[smnolde-linux at mindspring.com]

/proc/filesystems still has the iso9660 listed.

Even if I mistyped the original command, when using the Disk
Management applet (from AfterStep, which should mount using the
proper command) I _still_ get the error.

But... I'm out of town now... and can't get to it.

Thanks,
Scott
--- Original Message ---
Chris Ness <cness at gloster.vivid.net> Wrote on 
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:44:06 -0400
 ------------------ 
Josh Bonczkowski wrote:
> 
> mount /mnt/cdrom
> 
> not /dev/cdrom
> 

You may mount either way, by the device or by the inode. Inode,
as Josh
suggested, may be a better habit as you can use differing mounting
points to refer to different filesystem types on the same physical
device (i.e. /mnt floppy for msdos disks and /mnt/fd0 for ext2
disks,
with both being /dev/fd0). 

First check to make sure you have a valid CDRom in there. (Sorry,
got to
cover all bases)

Then, make sure /dev/cdrom is still linked to a /dev/hdX (in
my case
/dev/hdd yours may be different).

You didn't say if it changed kernels on you, but just in case:

Check /proc/filesystems to make sure you still have iso9660 in
the
kernel.

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