Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:19:50 -0500 From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@home.com> To: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.Technion.AC.IL> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CDROM mount problems! Message-ID: <38622F86.4FEB5F4D@home.com> References: <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.991223160414.7421A-100000@csd>
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Nadav Eiron wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Ted Sikora wrote: > > > >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. > > This is better suited to -questions (redirected). I'll try there, thanks. > > > 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. > > Yes! The type of the filesystem on the CDROM! CDROMs are usually formatted > in ISO-9660. You asked to mount a ufs filesystem. The error you got simply > indicates that mount didn't find a ufs system on the media. No wander. Try > adding -t cd9660 to the mount command: > > mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom Same error! > > > It's time to fix this once and for all. Could it be my drives? > > Indeed. To fix this once and for all, add an appropriate line to > /etc/fstab. Then mount will know the type of the filesystem it should > expect automagicaly. man 5 fstab. I have: /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 > > 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 > > Well, this is a FAQ! A search for your error message on www.freebsd.org > turned out this page: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/troubleshoot.html I'll look there. > > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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