<<<mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

you da' man..

Thanks, Mike

Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD
Resident Physiatrist - R3
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, 19026

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-----Original Message-----
From:   Dave Reed [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:   Saturday, May 23, 1998 12:09 PM
To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:        Re: CD Mount prob

> From: "Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> content-length: 967
> 
> Suddenly find myself unable to find any files on my cdrom.  System installed fine 
>and prior installs I used the cdrom fine.
> 
> When I:
> 
> cd /mnt/cdrom  then ls -al, I get no files, no directories one either  RH1 or RH2 
>Cd's
> 
> When I:
> 
> mount -t ext2 /dev/cdrom /mnt,  it says it is already mounted.
> 
> When I:
> 
> umount /mnt  or  umount /mnt/cdrom, it tells me no device found...
> 
> (..and yes, there is the ReHat CD in the drive...)
> 

How about:

umount /dev/cdrom (not /mnt/cdrom if it is mounted)

and

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

w/o the ext2 CDROMS are not ext2 file systems and mount will figure
out the correct type for the CD.

Dave
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