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Legacy Forums => Experienced User Forum => Topic started by: John A on May 30, 2003, 04:38:49 PM
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I have just done a fresh install of 5.5 u6. All seemed to be working fine.
Except I tried to mount my cd rom to install tapeware and this is what I got,
[root@SME55 root]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or too many mounted file systems
or if I try
[root@SME55 root]# mount /mnt/dev
I get the same reply.
My CD is IDE
My HD and Dat Tape Drive are both SCSI
I did a search and found a FAQ link, however when I went there it is no more.
Hope someone can help.
John A
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Sorry about the post I have just found the answer in my e-smith notes
This is what I had to do on this SME Server when I had 5.6 installed.
[root@SME56 root]# mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
[root@SME56 root]#
And now it works fine.
John A
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To fix this permanently:
ln -fs /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom
Michiel
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Michiel,
Tried that made no difference, but thanks for your effort
John A
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> Tried that made no difference, but thanks for your effort
Really?? If "mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom" works, than "ln -fs /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom" does the same thing.
If you look in /etc/fstab you ought to see the following line:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 etc...
Basically this says: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
Now if you create a new symlink /dev/cdrom pointing to /dev/scd0, you have again your own command, but this time permanently. With this in place, "mount /mnt/cdrom" should work as expected.
It worked for me in any case.
Michiel