On Sunday 10 August 2003 14:00, Richard Lyons wrote: > My CD says > Could not mount device. > The reported error was: > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device > > fstab entry looks reasonable to me: > > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 > > And, if that is not enough, the CDRW says > Could not mount device. > The reported error was: > mount: only root can mount /dev/scd0 on /cdrw > > I've given permissions on /cdrw. What have I forgotten here?
Seeing the device names, I don't think you're using devfs. So you'll have to make sure some things are set right in /dev: /dev/cdrom should be a link to whatever device the drive is, like /dev/hdX (or if you have SCSI drives something like /dev/scdX). A wrong link is probably the cause for you being unable to mount /cdrom. Also make sure that the devices - not only the links - have proper rights. Do you have a fstab entry for the CDRW? You must have entries for all user-mountable drives in there. Something like this should work (basically a copy of the CD's entry): /dev/scd0 /cdrw iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 If you're up to it, you could try installing devfs which gives a /dev/cdroms/ directory in which the drives are enumerated. -- Got Backup? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
