On Thursday 20 April 2006 06:12, Nader Mirzaee wrote: > > When i try to mount CDROM there is an error window saying "unable to > > mount media there is probably no media in the drive " but the media is > > > in the drive. > > Do you have more than one disc to test with? > > > i try to mount it with mount /mnt/cdrom it says mount : can't > > find /mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab > > Which distribution of Fedora are you playing with? Since FC4, the > CD-ROM has been mounted at: /media/cdrom or /media/cdwriter if it's a > burner. It could also be named dvdrom or dvdwriter if it's a DVD drive. > > > how can I edit fstab ? > > With a text editor, as the root user. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------------------------ * i have only one CD-ROM drive it is ASUS > 52X read only. > * i use FC5 > * mount /media/cdrom does not work as well it says can't find /media/cdrom > in /etc/fstab * my question about editing fstab is that what should i add > to fstab so that i can mount my cdrom? > > >>>>> snip <<<<< Are you trying to mount a CD/DVD that has something on it or a blank CD/DVD? A blank won't mount. A CD/DVD that is pre-recorded should automount if your automounter is running. Check services (as root from a terminal or cli - system-config-serrvices). HTH, Tom -- Tom Taylor Linux user #263467 Federal Way, WA
