[plug] Cant access cdrom: Wrong medium type

[russ powers]

Isn't the cd usually on /dev/hdc, secondary ide
master?


--- mpople at orbeng.com wrote:
> It dosnt matter if i specfy iso9660 it still says
> 
> mount: block device /dev/hdb is write-protected,
> mounting read-only
> mount: Wrong medium type
> and puts the same messages in /var/log/messages
> i can tyoe eject and it ejects it? which i thought
> was strange ??
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Holland [mailto:myk at golden.wattle.id.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 4 October 2001 10:55 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Cant access cdrom: Wrong medium
> type
> 
> 
> 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,
> -- 
> Mike Holland  <myk at golden.wattle.id.au>
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