cant mount drive

[HaJo Schatz]

Thornton said:

> mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
> mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: /dev/cdrom already mounted or /mnt/cdrom busy
>
> but if I type mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 -o ro it does
> mount.

Possibly some screw-up in your /etc/fstab. Check for hidden chars or
typos, even better post your fstab as attachment (not as copy&paste) to
the list. Also show us the result of "ll /etc/fstab".

BTW, "mount /mnt/cdrom" is sufficient when set-up in fstab correctly.