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Topic: Differnt Mounting Q, this one is about cdrom drives

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Posted: June 30 2006,01:04

when ever i try mounting a drive with a disk in it( i am told i need the disk in, i get a message saying error:must specify the fiesystem type. what does tha mean and how do i do it?

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Posted: June 30 2006,02:41

My guess is that you are mounting with mount device mountpoint, which seems to ignore /etc/fstab and as such requires a full command including the filesystem type. If you are attempting to mount a device that is already properly listed in fstab, you should mount using only the device or mountpoint as parameters.... mount /dev/cdrom or mount /mnt/cdrom

If it's not listed properly in fstab, the filesystem type is specified with the -t parameter. For a standard data cdrom the type is iso9660:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

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Posted: June 30 2006,04:03

blink, blick. that went right over my head

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Posted: June 30 2006,14:29

Ok, then....what process are you using to mount the disk, and what kind of disk is it? There is only so much assistance that can be given if we don't know what you're doing =o)

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Posted: July 01 2006,00:10

im trying to mount my yamaha cdrom burner, and my unknown dvdrom drive. im using the mounting tool in the lower rigt corner.

and why when i shut down does it unmount my hard drive?

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