mounting CD's

[Noyes, Chuck]

I've had no problems mounting or unmounting CD's. My CD-ROM is a 2X
Mitsumi *the el-cheapo version *. 
The commands I use are:

mount -t iso9660 /dev/mcd /cdrom
   and
umount /cdrom

Chuck Noyes
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>From: 	mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net[SMTP:mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net]
>Sent: 	Saturday, November 09, 1996 3:56 PM
>To: 	linux-sig at bcs.org
>Subject: 	mounting CD's 
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>
>
>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
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