Unable to mount /dev/cdrom

[Frisey]

I've recently installed gentoo 2005.0. The installation process seems to be completed successfully.
Yet, When I boot the system, I get this message "Some local filesystem failed to mount" and, once the environment has loaded, I try to mount cdrom typing: mount /dev/cdrom but I get this message "No medium found".
Can someone help me???? I'm going crazy.......
Thanks

[dylunio]

have you tried to mount the device itself, since I think /dev/cdrom is a link to /dev/hd** (replaceing the ** with the right numbers/letters). If it is /dev/hdc try

mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

Also are you sure the drive works and has good media?

dylunio

[sdousley]

not too sure wether this will solve the problem, but on my computer i have:

/dev/cdrom0
/dev/cdrom1

though i have a cdrom and a dvd drive, not 2 cd drives.

try:

ls -al /dev/cd*

to check what device it should be.

[Frisey]

typing:

mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

I still get

no medium found

Trying this:

ls -al /dev/cd*

The system returns:

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970
lr-xr-x 1 root 33 Jan 1 1970
cdrom0 -> .../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd
cdrom1 -> .../ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/cd

Looking at /etc/fstab concerning the cdrom devices I see

/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 auto noauto,user 0 0

Starting the system I can still read:

mounting local filesystem
mount: no medium found
* Some local filesystem failed to mount

Any idea???
Thank you all guys

[genesus]

have you tried

mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom

or

mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1

?

[sdousley]

have you tried

mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom

or

mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1

?

or:

mount /mnt/cdrom

or

mount /mnt/cdrom1

[xirisx]

I've got the same problem. I tried the following but still nothing???

mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1
mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom1 does not exist

media # mount /mnt/cdrom
mount: can't find /mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

# mount /mnt/cdrom1
mount: can't find /mnt/cdrom1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab


My cdrom and cdrw don't work in windows xp nor in linux anymore.

Do you guys thing that if I deleted my linux partitions and all the linux from my pc.... would that fix my cd-drives?

[abdulaziz]

I've got the same problem. I tried the following but still nothing???

mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1
mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom1 does not exist

media # mount /mnt/cdrom
mount: can't find /mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

# mount /mnt/cdrom1
mount: can't find /mnt/cdrom1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab


My cdrom and cdrw don't work in windows xp nor in linux anymore.

Do you guys thing that if I deleted my linux partitions and all the linux from my pc.... would that fix my cd-drives?

Hi,
When u boot linux. Open Computer --- in that open the CD/DVDROM drive ...
Now open the terminal as a root user and type as below
# cd /media
#ls
It will read ur CDROM drive now u can make use of it...
Hope this works for everyone...Reply back.