Mounting DVD disk

[Stefan Bruda]

At 22:22 -0500 on 2003-3-20 Tony K. wrote:
 >
 > The /var/log/messages do not appear to have anything related to the
 > DVD.  I can hear the DVD-ROM examining the disk but that is all.  It
 > does not auto mount.  I am not sure what is the device (/dev/???) use to
 > mount the DVD? 

Take a look at /etc/fstab to see which is the device.  If there is no
corresponding fstab entry, this might just be the reason for which the
DVD refuses to automount.  Look again in /var/log/messages to find out
the device.  You should see something like:

   Mar 18 11:17:08 localhost kernel: hdc: MATSHITACD-RW CW-8121, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

oh well, mine is a combo drive but look for something with the magic
word "DVD" in it, you get the picture.  Then whatever is in front of
it is the device (/dev/hdc in my case, although this is technically
not true since I am passing it later to SCSI emulation; but then I
guess your DVD drive does not need this kind of attention).

Try to mount it manually as root, the following command should do:

   mount -t auto /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

(or course, replace /dev/hdc with your actual device, and feel free to
specify any mount point you like), and see what you get--a mounted DVD
one hopes; if you get errors, perhaps you can get back to this list
with what they (the errors) say.

Hope this helps,
Stefan

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