If you execute the command mount /mnt/cdrom or /mnt/cdwriter, you may get the error
"Mount - Cannot find /mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"
This means that the mount points have not been mentioned to the O/S during boot up and the entries are not there in the /etc/fstab file.
So how does one access your drives then. Read below.
A Brief explanation on drive naming conventions in linux -
/dev/hda - Primary Master
/dev/hdb - Primary Slave
/dev/hdc - Secondary Master
/dev/hdd - Secondary Slave
First of all let us find out as to how your drive(s) are connected to the system. type eject /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd. One of these will definitely eject your drive. In my case I had two drives A DVD WRITER /dev/hdc and a DVD ROM /dev/hdd
1. Create the directories in /mnt such as
cdrom, cdwriter, dvdrom or dvdwriter. In
my example -
mkdir /mnt/dvdwriter. mkdir/mnt/dvdrom
2. mounting the drives -
mount /dev/hdc /mnt/dvdwriter
mount /dev/hdd /mnt/dvdrom
(Substitute appropriately according to your
setup)
3. unmounting the drives -
umount /mnt/dvdwriter or
eject /mnt/dvdwriter
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Making these changes permanent
1. Edit /etc/fstab (You need to be ROOT)
2. Under the first section the label section -
add /dev/hdc
3. In the second section - mount point -
add /mnt/dvdwriter
4. In the third section - file system -
add auto
5. In the fourth section - mount options -
add defaults,noauto
6. In the last section - DUMP / FSCK
add 0 0
7. reboot the system
Next time you need to use your Drives, insert a CD / DVD and execute mount /mnt/dvdwriter
See also:
www.openminds.tk (For more tutorials, articles)
