unable to mount

Hello,

I'm trying to read my dvd's but everytime I try to mount it I get the error "the folder" /mnt/cdrom" does not excist. Shouldn't it be created automatically? What am I doing wrong... I'm quite new to using Kde.

Thanx in advance!

Jamey

Does doing "mkdir /mnt/cdrom" as root in a terminal and then trying to acess a dvd as a normal user solve the problem?

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Originally Posted by daark.child

Does doing "mkdir /mnt/cdrom" as root in a terminal and then trying to acess a dvd as a normal user solve the problem?

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Tried to do that in the root console but in which directrory should I create it?

When I went back to the root directory in the console it said that directory already excists. Would you know anything else that could help me?

execute these commands in terminal/konsole

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less /etc/fstab
ls /mnt

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post output here.





Casper

Tried it but nothing happened, this is the output the command gave on the Konsole:

/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0
0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0
0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,noauto,exec
0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

in terminal, execute this

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mount /dev/hdc

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check /mnt/cdrom. fstab has two entries for CDdrive. other is /dev/hdd mounted at /mnt/cdrom2. check which one you are using.




Casper

Uhm I'm pretty new with using Linux... I try to acces the dvd from the mount icon I created on my desktop, which brings up the error that the /mnt/cdrom dir does not excist.

I entered the commands and this is what it brought up:
[crypt@localhost crypt]$ mount /dev/hdc
mount: /dev/hdc already mounted or /mnt/cdrom busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hdc is already mounted on /mnt/cdrom
[crypt@localhost crypt]$ mnt/cdrom
bash: mnt/cdrom: is a directory
[crypt@localhost crypt]$ /dev/hdd
bash: /dev/hdd: Permission denied
[crypt@localhost crypt]$

lol I'm not entirely sure if this is what you meant me to do... There are 2 players attached to the system, a cd and a dvd. System does read both players when asked for the install discs to install more features.

I'm sorry I'm a complete newbie to Linux...

Looks like /dev/hdc is already mounted and the contents should be shown in the /mnt/cdrom directory. Do you see anything when you look into /mnt/cdrom?

Hi - you say you're trying to read your dvds? Do you mean play them or look at the contents on the disk?

To read the contents try opening Konqueror and typing /dev/hdc in the toolbar at the top ...