mount error

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 07:58:50AM -0700, Pedro Morales wrote:
> 
> --- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 05:47:09AM -0700, Pedro
> > Morales wrote:
> > > im pretty sure it's a simple and noobish question,
> > but
> > > im trying to mount a cdrom I burned at home, and I
> > get
> > > the error: "mount: not a directory", so im
> > wondering
> > > do I have to copy everything inside a directory
> > then
> > > burn the directory?
> > > 
> > > im using my "mount /mnt/cdrom" in my root shell.
> > 
> > Two things are required for that to work:
> > 
> > - /mnt/cdrom must exist as a directory.  "ls -ld
> > /mnt/cdrom" to see if
> >   it's there.  "mkdir /mnt/cdrom" if it's not.
> 
> it's there
>  
> > - There must be an entry in /etc/fstab that looks
> > something like this:
> > 
> > /dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom     iso9660
> > noauto,owner,ro 0 0
> 
> I have
>  /dev/cdrom       /mnt/cdrom     udf,iso9660,
> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> 
> and the cd im trying to read is the vmware I
> downloaded, so the cd has only files no directories at
> all.

What happens if you

  mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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