RH7.2 CD-Roms.

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 2 May 2002, Lee wrote:
> "Net Llama!" wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 2 May 2002, Lee wrote:
> > > Have same problem as Sebastian. Installed RH7.2 sucessfully. Two CD-ROMs
> > > icons present on the desktop, but won't mount. Tried dmesg. Found CD-ROM
> > > and CDRW by manufacture type, but nothing else; except for entry: hdb
> > > driver not present (1st CD-ROM, primary slave) hdd driver not present
> > > (Iomega CDRW, secondary slave.) Where do I find the drivers for these?
> >
> > what's a hdb and an hdd driver??  IDE supported is traditionally compiled
> > into the kernel.  I've never had any of these problems on the box where i
> > have RH-7.2 installed.  Then again, when i want to mount a device, i do it
> > from the command line as god intended.
>
> Perchance you would like to enlighten us heathens as to the proper

This has nothing to do with religion.  It does have alot to do with
understanding how to use the mount command and/or reading the mount man
page.

> command to mount the CDROM and CDRW. I've tried mount -t fstab

-t specifies a filesystem type.  fstab is a file, not a filesystem type.

> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom and got fstab not supported. Mount -t vfat

/dev/cdrom is not a device on any linux distro that i've ever seen.  its a
symlink on alot of redhat derived distros, and is incredibly misleading.

CDs aren't normally formatted with the vfat filesystem.  They
traditionally have the iso9660 filesystem.

> /dev/cdrom /mnt/dev get /dev not a block device. Try mount auto

/mnt/dev isn't a traditional mount point, unless you created it as such.

> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom get a shopping list of options. Pick one of them
> mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom and i get the not valid block

Most likely because /dev/cdrom isn't a valid block device in linux.  Its a
symlink.

> device. If I go to free disk under the system menu the cdroms are listed

I don't know what "free disk" is under whatever system menu you're using.

> as /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom1 with a mount point of /mnt/cdrom and a
> driver of iso9660. Tried this at the command line got the same not valid
> block device error. If God intended us to use the command line he is
> being very obscure about it. Particularly, in view of the fact that my

I don't find typing "man mount" to be an exercise in obscurity.

> Mandrake 8.0 system auto mounts these and my SuSe 7.2 system requires

The automounter (IMO) is one of the most sh!tty hacks in all of Linux.
Its original purpose was with NFS, not local devices, and it further masks
the very simple process of mounting filesystems.

> only a right click on the icon. I begin to see why IBM is pulling away
> from RH. In any network or IP system the number of heretics who prefer
> either auto mount or even right click mounts are bound to outnumber the
> number of pure believers who have been able to decipher God's hidden

there is absolutely nothing hidden in the use of man pages.  if you're
bound to pretty little pictures, you could even use xman instead of the
command line.

> word in their command window. So if it is not to much for a heretic to
> ask, what command should I use to mount the cdrom and cdrw (cdrom1) in
> the terminal window?

I couldn't tell you because you haven't told me anything about your setup.
More often than not you can find the answer in /etc/fstab.  It should
appear in dmesg as well.  If you tell me something about your hardware,
and where it is plugged into your mobo, i might be able to hazard a guess.

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