On July 20, 2004 12:03 am, sajsan@xxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi All, > > When I try to mount a DATA CD by using > > mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 > > I get > > mount: block device /dev/hdb is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: No medium found > > I've googled and tried many different things and still nothing seems to > work. I am close to going crazy. > > I am running RH 9 (Kernel Version - 2.4.20-31.9) > 128 MB RAM > 40 GB HDD > > My /etc/fstab looks like this > > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick vfat user,noauto,unmask=0 0 0 > /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 > > Here is my output of dmesg | grep hdb > > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa800-0xa807, BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdbMA > hdb: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-152C, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > hdb: attached ide-cdrom driver. > hdb: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA > > Please help. > > Thanks > Vaneeri Hi, I can reproduce that if I point to the wrong device, for example, I have 2 cd's, and I get the error if I put a cd disk in the wrong drive (cdrom & cdrom1) I get: (disk is in /dev/cdrom1) #mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom1 -t iso9660 mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: No medium found # So it looks like /dev/cdrom is not linked to /dev/hdb Does it work with any/all of: mount /mnt/cdrom mount /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 mount /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 if so, you need to correct the sym link /dev/cdrom -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
