Can't Mount Optical Drive

[epilogue]

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:29:59 -0500
Jason Dusek <jason-dusek at uiowa.edu> wrote:

> Hi Again,
> 
> In that there must be something else wrong, because after trying a few 
> permutations I was unable to get the drive on my D600 to work:
> 
>   1 root # mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom
>   mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0: Input/output error
> 
>   2 root # mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom
>   mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0c: No such file or directory
> 
>   3 root # mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0c /cdrom
>   mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0c: No such file or directory
> 
>   4 root # mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0 /cdrom
>   mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0: No such file or directory
> 
> Do I need to create some directories for this to work? How will my 
> computer know what directories to attach the drive to?

hello jason,

if you're trying to mount a 'blank' cd, i do not believe that it will work,
because there is no 'filesystem' to mount.  please note that the same is
true of music cds.  they have no 'filesystem' in the unix sense and cannot
be mounted.  both, however, can be manipulated by programs (ex. disc
burners or music players/rippers).

if you're doing something other than what i suggest above and are still not
able to mount your 'filesystem' disc, please let us know what type of disc
it is and what is on it.

hope that this helps.

epi


> - Jason
> 
> Saint Aardvark the Carpeted wrote:
> 
> >Jason Dusek disturbed my sleep to write:
> >  
> >
> >> 5 # mount /dev/acd0 /cdrom
> >> mount: /dev/acd0: Input/output error
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >You may want to try:
> >
> >	mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom
> >
> >or its equivalent:
> >
> >	mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom
> >
> >Also, if you're trying to mount a DVD instead of a CD, you may need to
> >try:
> >
> >	mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0c /cdrom
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I have some another disk mounting question, too. Sometimes when I try
> >to >mount the CD drive I get an error that goes something like:
> >>
> >> Incorrect super block
> >>
> >>What does this error mean? What does it mean in reference to a hard 
> >>drive? What does it mean in reference to a CD drive?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >The superblock is a chunk of disk that has housekeeping information
> >like the amount of free space, where to find free inodes, and so on.
> >
> >The error can mean pretty much the same things no matter what the
> >medium.  It might mean that you've specified the wrong filesystem --
> >"mount" (which defaults to FreeBSD's UFS filesystem) instead of "mount
> >-t cd9660", say.  It might also mean that the the filesystem hasn't been
> >formatted yet, or (if a CD) that you've burned a coaster.  Or, it might
> >mean that you are about to be very grateful for your carefully-followed
> >backup plan. :-)
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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