Mounting Questions

[twofoolish2b]

Hello everyone, I have some questions about mounting. This is my configuration:

First IDE Controller:
Master: Hard Drive
Slave: Zip Drive

Second IDE Controller:
Master: CD-RW
Slave: CDROM

My question is that when I try to mount something, say my CDROM drive I get "can't find /cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab". I did figure out how to mount my floppy drive by adding /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto, owner 0 0 in the /etc/fstab. But I need help with the other drives. I am running Slackware which makes it that much harder. Hope you guys can help.

Thanks.

[Danger Fan]

ahhh, i had the same problems. you have to add lines to you fstab file in order to get you other drives to mount. i'm not at my linux box (or within 50 miles of it), but here's a hacked up version of what i think is in my fstab file, for my cdrom.

"/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0"

don't use the ", and substitute in where your cdrom is mounted to in the "/mnt/cdrom" part. but other than that, i think it's correct. someone else will probablly post the complete correct string. sorry if it's not fully correct, and good luck!

[twofoolish2b]

Thanks for the help. I tried adding /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0 in the /etc/fstab. I think it may have worked. When I go to the command prompt and do a mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom I get:
/dev/cdrom: Success
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only

mount: No medium found

I know that there is a cdrom in that drive. What could be the problem?

[Danger Fan]

hmmm...i think you have to add a "ro" as in read only somewhere in there. i think it goes right after the "iso9660" part.

[twofoolish2b]

The "ro" worked for a data cd but not for an auto cd. How come? When I put in a auto cd I get:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or to many mounted file systems.

[Danger Fan]

ya know what, i don't think i've ever tried playing an audio cd on my computer. i have a nice stereo, so i've never really had the need. i should try it when i get back to my apartment. sorry i can't help you out with that one.

[btberch]

A note on the audio cd is that you don't mount it. Just put it in and hit play on your player, example kscd. Hope that helps

[twofoolish2b]

With my configuration what would I have to put in /etc/fstab to be able to access my drives?

[twofoolish2b]

Well guys I finally got my drives to mount except for my Zip Drive.

I searched around and found some info on it. What I had to do was make some directories under /mnt, such as cdrom, cdburner, floppy, and zip. Then I added some lines to /etc/fstab. This is what I did.

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto 0 0
/dev/hdb /mnt/zip iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdburner iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0

Then I went into KDE and right clicked on the desktop and did a New -- File System Device. I put in my info and everything worked fine. Everthing but my zip drive. I think the problem is the file system type. Does anyone know what file system I should use with a zip drive?

[twofoolish2b]

Well I finally got my Zip drive to mount. I had to put this line in my /etc/fstab:

/dev/hdb4 /mnt/zip vfat noauto,user 0 0

I have been working on it almost all day. For some reason, Linux considers Zip disks with the default formatting to have all its information on partiton 4. That's what was confusing me. Oh the site I found the info on was http://www.thehaus.net/Tips/Linux/zip.shtml, if anybody wants to know.

[This message has been edited by twofoolish2b (edited 25 November 2000).]

[This message has been edited by twofoolish2b (edited 25 November 2000).]