[SOLVED] Vector Linux Cdrom Problems

[waltaja]

Just recently installed Vector Linux 5.1, which I am led to believe is a Slackware derivative. Hopefully then, this is the right forum to post in.

When trying to mount a CD in my CdRom drive, I get an error :

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Mount failed

syslog -try doesn't seem to be a valid command. So what exactly the error was, i'm uncertain.

Has anyone else dealt with a similiar problem? If so, any help would be much appreciated. Thank You

waltaja

[techieMoe]

Are you mounting it from a GUI or the command-line?

[waltaja]

from the gui under IceWm-ROX

[techieMoe]

from the gui under IceWm-ROX

Do you have multiple icons for your drive? Mine had CDROM, CDRW, DVD, etc. Have you tried mounting using one of the other icons?

[waltaja]

id have the options of CD CDWriter and DVD. I do have a CDWriter and a "regular" CD drive, but no DVD. I have tried mounting under all of the options and each was to no avil. I also tried running VASM again, and that also didn't work.

I appreciate your help. Thanks

[techieMoe]

Are you able to mount it as root from the command line?

[waltaja]

i just tried. the message i get is : can't find cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

same happens if i try to mount hdc or hdd

[techieMoe]

i just tried. the message i get is : can't find cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

same happens if i try to mount hdc or hdd

Can you post the contents of your /etc/fstab file and what the exact mount command is you're using?

[waltaja]

#CDROM, CDWRITER, DVD
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso 9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/cdwriter /mnt/cdwriter iso 9669 noauto,user,rw, 0 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd iso moauto iso 9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0

that's the CD portion of the fstab file

the command is : mount /dev/cdrom

and i've tried mount /dev/hdc and mount /dev/hdd

[techieMoe]

This may or may not help, but you could try changing the "iso 9660" line to "auto", like this:

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user,ro 0 0