Hello Jim, I tried your suggestion. The result is: mount: cant find /media/cd in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab Thanks, Subrata. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cornette" <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:44 AM Subject: Re: Mounting Combo drive > Subrata Banerjee wrote: >> Hello, >> I am a new user of FC5. >> The problem i am facing is >> the FC5 does not recognise >> my combo drive. >> I tried 'mount /mnt/cdrom' >> but of no result. >> I will be obliged if >> anybody can help me >> to sort out the problem. >> Thanks. >> Subrata. > > The mounting directory for devices has changed to /media vs. the old > standard of /mnt. Also, a lot of media is not mounted by the label that > the media inside the device contains. Sy you have a DVD labeled. "My > Favorite DVD", the mountpoint would /media plus the disc label. > > Check the entries in /media to see if your device is listed within that > directory. Sometimes the DVD or whatever gets labeled as a disk, thus > /media/disk would be your mountpoint. > > I think remembering /mnt/cdrom or /mnt/dvd would be more rational, but > things change. > > Jim > > -- > Laugh, and the world ignores you. Crying doesn't help either. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
