On Sep 27, 2003 at 21:08, Steve Rodgers in a maddening rage wrote: > >A 'mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom' hangs for a long time, then quits with an I/O >error. The system has a KS57A motherboard and a Aopen CDRW4048. the >/dev/cdrom entry is soft linked to /dev/scd0 as it should be. Here's the >output I get: > >/dev/cdrom: Input/output error >mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only >/dev/cdrom: Input/output error >mount: you must specify the filesystem type If you have an entry in /etc/fstab for the drive try 'mount /mnt/cdrom' else try specifying the filesystem type like the error says: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom. -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 In Oz, never say "krizzle kroo" to a Woozy. 08:31:29 up 34 days, 20:05, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
