On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 12:58 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > On 11/25/06, Wolfgang <wolfgang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have added the line > > > > > > /dev/hdf /mnt/dvd auto > > > umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 > > > > > > to /etc/fstab, in order to make it possible for a user manually > > > mounting CDs/DVDs. However, I am not being successful: > > > > > > $ mount /dev/dvd > > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdf, > > > missing codepage or other error > > > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > > > dmesg | tail or so > > > > > > $ > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Try replacing the "auto" with "udf,iso9660" and see how that goes. > > That's what I use, and DVD/CD's mount without a problem. And I don't > > think that "iocharset" and "codepage" is really needed.. > > Thanks, Wolf. Now, with > > /dev/hdf /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660 > umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 > > in /etc/fstab, I again get > > $ mount /dev/dvd > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdf, > missing codepage or other error > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > dmesg | tail or so > > $ mount -t iso9660 /dev/dvd > mount: only root can do that > $ mount -t udf /dev/dvd > mount: only root can do that > $ > > Any further ideas? > > Paul > What does dmesg | tail say.. I mounted a scratched DVD and got the following error in the end of dmesg. "cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! udf: udf_fill_inode(ino 751343) failed unknown file type=248 UDF-fs: No partition found (1) Unable to identify CD-ROM format." Wolf