On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 13:37 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > On 11/25/06, fredex <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > > > From the mount man page: > > > > If any user should be able to unmount, then use users instead > > of user in the fstab line. > > > > but I see you're using both. You might try losing one or the other of them. > > > > > > > > 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? > > Thanks, but with the line > > /dev/hdf /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660 defaults,noauto,user,ro 0 0 > > in /etc/fstab, everything seems to work fine. > > Paul > (If you use Gnome) Isn't it better to use gnome-mount. I think adding a rule for removable media into fstab is deprecated. -- Peter Kostov Sofia, Bulgaria Photographer, web designer, 3D modeling, informational services Home site: http://www.light-bg.com
