On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 15:30, Uttiya Chowdhury wrote: > > I used k3b and it did work now. However I tried to > > mount the cd now to > > view the files and make sure it mounted okay and it > > still wont mount. > > Its giving me the same already mounted error. > > > > I then DF'd and it isnt showing as being mounted > > > > df > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available > > Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda2 36352632 32781044 1724960 > > 96% / > > /dev/hda1 99043 16595 77334 > > 18% /boot > > none 517844 0 517844 > > 0% /dev/shm > > /dev/hdb1 57694324 47170648 7592896 > > 87% /corp > > > > mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > > mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, > > mounting read-only > > mount: /dev/cdrom already mounted or /mnt/cdrom busy > > > > This is a problem I have often... "mount" > command doesn't list the drive as mounted, > umount won't unmount it saying it is not mounted, > but mount won't mount it saying it is mounted. > > not sure what it is due to - I think it is due > to the supermount automounter. If you find a > good solution, let me know. I guess you will > also found at this stage that the CD can't > be ejected by pressing the switch on the drive, > but giving the command eject /dev/cdrom will. > Normally, reboot works for me - after > reboot, when I put the disk in and wait for a few > minutes, then the supermount mounts it. If it > doesn't, then giving mount command works. > There are 2 files of interest for mounting. /etc/fstab shows what is configured to be mounted /etc/mtab shows what it thinks is already mounted. > > > ===== > Uttiya Chowdhury > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com
