Mount problem.

[LEARNER_LEARNER]

Hi brother,how can i do mount my combo drive.
My system details:-Dell 640m Laptop,80GB HDD,Philips combo drive.
I tried some commands but my combo drive not mounting nd some msg.
mount /media/cdrom0/ -o unhide
mount: can't find /media/cdrom0/ in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
then i used 2nd command.
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist
then i chenged
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/hdc
output is:mount point /mnt/hdc does not exist
but i first checked devices list through this command "dmesg" nd output is
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 4096 blocksize
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ide0: I/O resource 0x1F0-0x1F7 not free.
ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hdc: PHILIPS CD-RW/DVD-ROM SCB5265, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide.

What is problem?. in my command 0r somthing wrong .please help me brother:shock:

[mehulved]

There's no directory named hdc or cdrom under /mnt

[LEARNER_LEARNER]

Hi tech_your_future,i have created cdrom dir under /mnt.but here some msg.
mount /dev/cdrom/ -o unhide
output is:mount: can't find /dev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

2nd command is:-
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
output is:-mount: No medium found

thanX 4 reply tech_your_future but please help me brother.

[mehulved]

first error message says that there is no entry for /dev/cdrom under /etc/fstab
second one says that there's nothing inside the cdrom drive. Change /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdc and then what happens?

[LEARNER_LEARNER]

i changed cdrom 2 hdc but same msg brother.
1st code
mount /dev/hdc/ -o unhide
output:-can't find /dev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

2nd code is
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
output is:-No medium found
please help

[mehulved]

Add an entry for /dev/hdc in your /etc/fstab file. How to do that, search in this section.
Is there any CD inside your CD drive?

[LEARNER_LEARNER]

very difficult nd painful search but i,m trying.
u r saying "any cd inside ur cd drive".yes CD inside in optical drive.
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
output is:-block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
please help me brother

[mehulved]

Are you sure that the cd is inside the same drive you are trying to mount?
Do you have any other cd drive?
Also give output of fdisk -l

[mediator]

@learner , please post here the output of "ls -ld /dev/cd*" !

[subratabera]

First of all post the details about your disro...All latest Linux distros automatically mount cd-drives...

BTW. Try this...(I assume your cd-drive is /dev/hdc)

1) Create a folder (cdrom) in /mnt --> /mnt/cdrom
2) su -
3) enter root password
4) mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

If that fails...

4) mount -o remount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

[LEARNER_LEARNER]

Ok my distro is Fc6.yes CD inside My optical drive.
fdisk -l
output is:-Disk /dev/sda: 78.5 GB, 78518522880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9546 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 6 1790 14338012+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1791 9545 62292037+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 1791 4340 20482843+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 4341 8164 30716248+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 8165 8419 2048256 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 8420 9545 9044563+ 7 HPFS/NTFS


mount -o remount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
output is:-mount: you must specify the filesystem type


ls -ld /dev/cd*
output is:-lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 9 18:00 /dev/cdrom -> hdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 9 18:00 /dev/cdrom-hdc -> hdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 9 18:00 /dev/cdrw -> hdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 9 18:00 /dev/cdrw-hdc -> hdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 9 18:00 /dev/cdwriter -> hdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 9 18:00 /dev/cdwriter-hdc -> hdc

plz help brother

[desertwind]

output is:-block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
please help me brother

Your drive seems to be mounted. Now whats your problem ?

[LEARNER_LEARNER]

Mounted my Cd Drive but big problem here i insert any Video Cd(.dat File )no Showing Cd Drive Icon .when i insert software cd a sudden open Kde Daemon only showing software cd nd Cd Drive Icon brother.
What is Problem here brother?......

[mediator]

Ok try this now! Its a little modification of @subratabera's post! Do this....

1) Create a folder (cdrom) in /mnt --> /mnt/cdrom
2) su -
3) enter root password
4) mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom


Next....

i insert any Video Cd(.dat File )no Showing Cd Drive Icon

Now video CDs and DVDs aren't suppose to be mounted for playing them! I mean everything is handled by the software! If u mount video CDs and DVDs manually and then play them u'll experience some error.
Now read this carefully! (http://thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=366604&postcount=45)
Tell me if ur problem still persists!