mounting CD's

[mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

Jim Van Zandt wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 JVZ> I have found that, in general, you cannot trust the
 JVZ> explanations printed by mount.

 JVZ> A mount command normally requires not only a device but also
 JVZ> a mount point and a filesystem.  If any of these is missing,
 JVZ> mount will consult /etc/fstab.  

 JVZ> I suggest you try specifying everything:

 JVZ>         mount -tiso9660 /dev/hdc /cdrom

I strongly suspect that your diagnosis is correct, but...

 JVZ> If this works, then add a line like the following to
 JVZ> /etc/fstab  

 JVZ>         /dev/hdc     /cdrom   iso9660
 JVZ> noauto,defaults,user,exec   0  0 

...it might also be a good idea to  specify "ro" explicitly.
 
-- Mike