CD-ROM mount problem in Fedora

[ravi2082]

I am using IBM Net Vista Machine ....i have installed Fedora in it.......I am not able to mount my CDROM even though it has been detected .....while booting i am getting a message as 'mount : /initrd not mounted' and 'umount2 : /initrd not mounted'......

While mounting a CD-ROM i am always getting the Drive Seek Error....and at the last i am getting a err message as 'Mount : Not a Directory'......please help me in this regard.....any help will be appreciated ....bye guys

[vorte[x]]

Hi ravi2082,

Can you paste the mount command you're trying to use?

- V

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I am using IBM Net Vista Machine ....i have installed Fedora in it.......I am not able to mount my CDROM even though it has been detected .....while booting i am getting a message as 'mount : /initrd not mounted' and 'umount2 : /initrd not mounted'......

While mounting a CD-ROM i am always getting the Drive Seek Error....and at the last i am getting a err message as 'Mount : Not a Directory'......please help me in this regard.....any help will be appreciated ....bye guys

look in /var/log/dmesg and /var/log/messages

you will find exactly what fedora sees your cd-rom drive as. it will be called hdx where x is the actual drive indicator for a ide or atapi drive and if it's a scsi drive then it will have something like scdx where the x is the actual drive indicator.

if your looking at the Hardware browser then you will see the cdrom listed and it will display the proper device name.

now open a terminal window and su to root and enter the password when prompted. now type the following commands:

cd /mnt (change to mount directory)
ls (list all in directory) [you should see at least a cdrom and floppy directory in the listing]
mount (space) /dev/hdx (space) /mnt/cdrom ((this will mount the cdrom drive)
[ithis shouldn't give you any errors. if it does there is something qwerky with the drive.]
cd /mnt/cdrom (this actually mounts the root directory of the cd in the drive)
ls (list all in directory of the cd in the drive)

there is also a feature that will automount the cd when you put one in, like with a music cd it will start the player.