Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:07:58 -0500 From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@home.com> To: Glen Foster <gfoster@gfoster.com>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CDROM mount problems! Message-ID: <38623ACE.6042C690@home.com> References: <199912231414.JAA53041@rr.gfoster.com>
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Glen Foster wrote: > > If your CD has a non-UFS file system on it, you have to tell mount > that this is the case, you also should specify that the media is > read-only, e.g.: > > # mount -t cd9660 -o rdonly /dev/acd0a /cdrom It worked! Strange ..without the -o rdonly flag it would not. Maybe I should just invest in some newer drives. I'm starting to suspect the drives may be too old. 3 out of 5 just worked in a 5 disk set. Leads me to believe the drive probably needs cleaning or replacing. > > for ISO 9660 CD-ROMs. > > If you put a line in /etc/fstab like: > > /dev/acd0a /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 > > a simple: > > # mount /cdrom > > will mount your disk. > > Most data CD's have ISO file systems but I have occasionally seen UFS, > Mac, and FAT file systems. > > See the man pages for mount and mount_cd9660. > > >Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:59:38 -0500 > >From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@home.com> > > > >>From day one (several years now) I have always had trouble with cdroms > >in FreeBSD. Everytime I try to mount one(at least 95% of the time) they > >fail to mount. For instance I have the new Corel Linux(eyuk!) in the > >drive now a # mount /dev/acd0a /cdrom yields a mount: /dev/acd0a on > >/cdrom: incorrect super block error. > >No matter what machine I use it's the same. I have the cdrom set up the > >same as the GENERIC conf script. Have I missed something. > >It's time to fix this once and for all. Could it be my drives? > >There both old 2x and 5x drives. This ones a Creative CD620E the other > >one a Sony CDU-55. I've been through the handbook and faq and have > >pretty much given up on it. I just mount a cdrom via the network on a > >different machine when I need it. -- Ted Sikora Jtl Development Group tsikora@powerusersbbs.com http://powerusersbbs.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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