unable to mount cd (iBook 2 2001)

[mutex]

make sure you don't have any shells in that directory, or any
applications accessing files in that directory.  It counts them as being
"in-use".  After that it should work.  If you want to correctly setup
your cdrom drive so that all you have to do is mount /mnt/cdrom, then go
check out the /etc/fstab file, the format is pretty self explanitory,
and there is even a man page.

Dave

On Sat, 2002-04-13 at 21:08, Jay C Shapka wrote:
> Dave
> Thanks for the advice. Problem solved!
> "mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /cdrom"
> 
> I used cdrom as a mount point because it was already there, but I am
> wondering if this is a bad idea?
> 
> Oh, and the problem is not completely solved; now the device won't
> unmount.
> "device busy"
> 
> Hell, I'm busy too, but if told to unmount...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> [mailto:yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf
> Of mutex
> Sent: April 13, 2002 6:07 PM
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: RE: unable to mount cd (iBook 2 2001)
> 
> /dev/scd0 is not in your fstab(file system table) which is where mount
> is looking for information on how to deal with what you asked it to do. 
> Try specifying a mount point, quoteth the man page:
> 
>  mount -t <type> <device> <dir>
>        This tells the kernel to attach the file system  found  on
>        device  (which is of type type) at the directory dir.  The
>        previous contents (if any)  and  owner  and  mode  of  dir
>        become  invisible, and as long as this file system remains
>        mounted, the pathname dir refers to the root of  the  file
>        system on device.
> 
> 
> learn man pages, they are your best friend.  I know they suck at first,
> but after a while you learn how they work.  The -t flag isn't always
> needed, but sometimes the kernel can't figure out what kind of
> filesystem you want to mount.  If that doesn't work then something else
> is borked... make sure the ide-scsi module is loaded into your kernel. 
> Or go check the kernel boot logs and see what device the CDROM was
> initialized as.
> Good luck,
> Dave
> 
> On Sat, 2002-04-13 at 00:54, Jay C Shapka wrote:
> > Oops: didn't mean to be so terse...
> > 
> > It says "/dev/scd0"
> > 
> > I did "mount /dev/scd0" (total newby guess)
> > Returned:
> > "mount: can't find /dev/scd0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"
> > 
> > Thank you for responding!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> > [mailto:yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf
> > Of Dan Burcaw
> > Sent: April 12, 2002 8:21 PM
> > To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> > Subject: Re: unable to mount cd (iBook 2 2001)
> > 
> > On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 02:58, Jay C Shapka wrote:
> > > I just installed YDL 2.2 and it seems to be fine with one exception:
> I
> > am 
> > > unable to mount the cdrom drive. I can't eject it from the console.
> > Nor can
> > > I eject it by using the mouse (fn-f12, eject). The same applies for
> > all my 
> > > attempts to mount the device. The error I get is
> > > 
> > > "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device"
> > > 
> > > My cd drive is a toshiba dvd/cdr. 
> > 
> > 
> > Jay,
> > 
> > What does 'dmesg' say about your cd drive?
> > Do a: ls -l /dev/cdrom
> > 
> > What does the link point to?
> > 
> > -Dan
> > 
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