[lug] mount cdrom (fs types)

[Atkinson, Chip]

John,

I don't believe you have to mount the CD for Windows installation under
Win4Lin.  I think I have done it both ways, mounted or unmounted.
If you do have to, you mount it with an iso9660 format.  What I do is put an
entry in /etc/fstab like
/dev/cdrom              /cdrom                  iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
mkdir /cdrom
<insert CD>
mount /cdrom

Note that /dev/cdrom is a symlink to /dev/hdc (ide cdrom).  

Specifically here's what I did to get windows installed under win4lin.
Under Windows, format/s a: to make a bootable floppy.
Start the installation from Win4Lin by putting the boot floppy in the floppy
drive, put the CD in the drive (I didn't mount it IIRC), follow the prompts
given by Win4Lin and start installing W95 (for me).  I was surprised that I
didn't have to worry about CD rom drivers like I have in the past when I
tried to install just W95 from that CD.

Chip

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Starkey [mailto:jstarkey at advancecreations.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:33 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] mount cdrom (fs types)
> 
> 
> Ok. So I had to get away from the Kernel compiles for a few :}
> 
> And I'm a proud new owner of a strictly KRUD machine. Windoze is outta
> here for the 3rd time in 6 months. And I swear I'm not going 
> back this 
> time, I will find a way to view Word docs. :}
> 
> I'm installing Win4Lin Eval and I need to mount a Windoze 
> install CD. But
> I can't get the FS type correct. I've tried:
> 
> autofs
> iso9660
> vfat
> umsdos
> msdos
> 
> I tried mounting an ext2 and it worked fine. The error I recieve when
> trying to mount is wrong fs type (not the "not supported" error). 
> 
> Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? 
> 
> I'm using 
> 
> mount -t fs_type_above /dev/cdrom 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
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