Can't Mount Optical Drive

[Jason Dusek]

It turns out that I can mount data CDs - but I was trying to mount an unburned 
CD. So I guess it's ironed out. The next thing in line - burning CDs - is not 
likely to come up for another day or two.

- Jason

epilogue wrote:
> 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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