[plug] Cant access cdrom: Wrong medium type

[Mike Holland]

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 mpople at orbeng.com wrote:

> [root at cusbert /]#mount /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom
> mount: block device /dev/hdb is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: Wrong medium type

Mark,
So tell it what the medium type should be, ie iso9660. See mount(8).
(You may then find your new kernel lacks the iso9660 module)

Its best to have an entry for you cdrom in /etc/fstab - check the man
page.

ciao,
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Mike Holland  <myk at golden.wattle.id.au>
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