[vox-tech] rusty newbie CD mounting woes

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If you take a look at "dmesg", there should be a few lines describing 
the cdrom and what device it is listed as.  Also, since it is a cdrw 
drive you may look into using the ide-scsi module.  I was warned that I 
should use ide-scsi for my laptop cdrw/dvd drive...

Mark

Alexandra Thorn wrote:

>Having extreme difficulty with really basic task here.  Would probably
>help if I hadn't built this computer for myself so that I could be sure
>that various drives are attached in the standard places.  Hoping you guys
>can help without getting after me too much for asking stupid questions.  I
>have tried google, but am only meeting with frustration.
>
>All I want to do is get a CD to mount.  My CD drive is a Plexwriter
>40/12/40A.  I'm reasonably certain that I've never mounted a CD on this
>computer before, since there was no /mnt/cdrom or other CD oriented
>directory when I got started this morning.
>
>Here's what I've tried doing with the loving aid of various online HOWTOs:
>
>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrw
>mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>Password:
>mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist
>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom
>ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory
>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom
>mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hda /mnt/cdrw
>mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrw
>mount: /dev/hdc: unknown device
>[thorn@localhost thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw
>mount: /dev/hdd: unknown device
>
>Pretty sure I'm either missing something obvious or completely forgetting
>the main thing I need to do.  I know it would help a lot if I actually
>knew the name of the device I'm trying to use.  Please don't be too hard
>on me.
>
>Thanks,
>Alex
>
>"Tru5t m3" --Boo, from megatokyo.com
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