Friday, June 4, 2004 @ 7:30:01 PM Central Standard Time Just for fun, try this: cd /mnt (not /mnt/cdrom) while in /mnt simply type mount cdrom if that fails try mount /mnt/cdrom if that fails, swear loudly at it... Robert (aka B_o_B) David Felix De Mars Lat. 45:09n Long. 93:18w http://b-o-b.homelinux.com ********************************************************* Friday, June 4, 2004, 6:36:14 PM, you wrote: CD> I tried to create a symlink and this is what I got... CD> [root at localhost chris]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom CD> mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist CD> [root at localhost chris]# ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom CD> [root at localhost chris]# mount /dev/cdrom CD> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, CD> or too many mounted file systems CD> [root at localhost chris]# mount /mnt/cdrom CD> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, CD> or too many mounted file systems CD> Any other ideas? CD> Thanks! CD> Chris >>From: "Loren H. Burlingame" <loren at lorenburlingame.com> >>Reply-To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >>To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >>Subject: Re: [TCLUG] CDrom problems >>Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 01:31:38 -0500 >> >>Sam MacDonald wrote: >> >>>When you mount a volume what ever it may be, it may need to be fully >>>notated. >>> >>>mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom >>> >>>Now it might not be called /dev/cdrom it might be somethine else. >>>/dev/cdrom is the usual name for the cdrom device. >>> >>>When you first logged in to your Fedora box you may have logged in as >>>"root". "root" is all powerful, you >>>should have created an account to use every day. You need to permission >>>that every day account to use the >>>devices. >>> >>>Sam. >> >>I have a feeling that he is just missing the symlink to /dev/hdc or >>whatever his cdrom device actually is. >> >>ln -s /dev/hdx /dev/cdrom >> >>or in the case of devfs: >> >>ln -s /dev/cdroms/cdromx /dev/cdrom >> >>(where x is the letter or number of your cdrom drive) >> >>LB >> >>_______________________________________________ >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >>Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >>tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list CD> _________________________________________________________________ CD> MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE CD> download! CD> http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ CD> _______________________________________________ CD> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota CD> Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org CD> Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test CD> http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery CD> tclug-list at mn-linux.org CD> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list