[lug] mount cdrom (fs types)

[John Starkey]

Of course the CD is bad :} It's a Windoze, HP exclusive, disk :} But no I
checked a couple other CDs that contain M$ products. And I can't mount
them either.

Thanks,

John

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 rm at mamma.varadinet.de wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 08:02:33AM -0500, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > If /dev/cdrom is not in your fstab you haven't given it a mount point
> > whereupon to mount the /dev/cdrom device.
> 
> But he _can_ mount CDs, mount does only complain about the 
> wrong fs type.
> I usually use iso9660.Where you able to read the CD from
> MS? Mabe th CD is bad.
> 
> 
> Ralf 
> 
> > Otherwise, what's the line in your fstab for /dev/cdrom
> > 
> > Hugh
> > 
> > John Starkey wrote:
> > > 
> > > 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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