Can't mount cdrom

[dirk65mb]

Hi,
After I installed RH8 from CDROM I couldn't mount the CDROM after the
installation.It seemsed to be a problem which occurs a lot of times
but I didn't found any solution.

My system RH8 with kernel 2.4.20-13.8. Following I describe my system
and error message.
fstab : /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,kudzu,ro 0 0

Wenn I tried to mount I becom next error message : wrong fs type, bad
option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or too many mounted file system

dmesg shows:
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x2048-0x204f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver.
hdc: ATAPI 14X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!

hdc: cdrom_read_from_buffer: buffer botch (129)
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 129
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00, iso_blknum=32, block=64
FAT: bogus logical sector size 36857
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 16:00.

In the dev directory the following link occurs:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Sep 12 21:34 /dev/cdrom ->
/d
ev/hdc

With hdparm /dev/cdrom I get the following output:
dev/cdrom:
HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 1 (on)
readahead = 8 (on)
HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument


What must or can I do to make my CDROM working?

Thanx in advantage
Dirk

[Lenard]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 05:41:24 -0700, dirk65mb typed:

> Hi,
> After I installed RH8 from CDROM I couldn't mount the CDROM after the
> installation.It seemsed to be a problem which occurs a lot of times but
> I didn't found any solution.
>
> My system RH8 with kernel 2.4.20-13.8. Following I describe my system
> and error message.
> fstab : /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,kudzu,ro 0 0

This is close, but it only allows for the mounting of iso9660 CD's not UDF
formatted or audio (music) CD's

> What must or can I do to make my CDROM working?

Well first, you do not have to mount audio (music) CD's you just use one
of the many applications and play them.

Second, modify the entry in /etc/fstab to read something like;

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0

And lastly upgrade to the currently available kernel from Red Hat.

[url]https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2003-263.html[/url]


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[dirk65mb]

Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.09.14.14.06.52.277341@127.0.0.1>...

> On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 05:41:24 -0700, dirk65mb typed:
>

> > Hi,
> > After I installed RH8 from CDROM I couldn't mount the CDROM after the
> > installation.It seemsed to be a problem which occurs a lot of times but
> > I didn't found any solution.
> >
> > My system RH8 with kernel 2.4.20-13.8. Following I describe my system
> > and error message.
> > fstab : /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,kudzu,ro 0 0

>
> This is close, but it only allows for the mounting of iso9660 CD's not UDF
> formatted or audio (music) CD's

I don't use audio cd's on mine system.

>

> > What must or can I do to make my CDROM working?

>
> Well first, you do not have to mount audio (music) CD's you just use one
> of the many applications and play them.
>
> Second, modify the entry in /etc/fstab to read something like;
>
> /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0

I did change the entry but still got the same error message when I
tried to mount the CDROM.

>
> And lastly upgrade to the currently available kernel from Red Hat.
>
> [url]https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2003-263.html[/url]

I will update the system but I saw nothing what should describe mine
problem. I still think it's a configuration problem.

[Steven J. Hathaway]

dirk65mb wrote:

> Hi,
> After I installed RH8 from CDROM I couldn't mount the CDROM after the
> installation.It seemsed to be a problem which occurs a lot of times
> but I didn't found any solution.
>
>
> Dirk

Have you checked your CDROM media? Some of the recordable media appear
to
look the same on both sides. One side is for the lebel, but also looks
like the
recording side.

- Steve Hathaway