mounting usb cdroms

[Aroon Pahwa]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:56:44 +0200, Martin Pitt
<martin.pitt at canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi Aroon!
> 
> Aroon Pahwa [2004-10-07 14:22 -0400]:
> > > But I strongly suppose that
> > >
> > >   pmount /dev/scd0
> > >
> > > will work?
> >
> > actually, no...
> >
> > mount: special device /dev/scd0 does not exist
> >
> > and scd0, indeed, is never in /dev.  sr0, however, is.
> 
> Ah; I asked because your fstab says scd0, but this might have been
> setup wrong by the installer. So
> 
>   mount /cdrom
> 
> should fail on your system, I suppose.
> 
> Can you please edit /etc/fstab and change /dev/scd0 to /dev/sr0? This
> should make both 'mount /cdrom' and 'pmount /dev/sr0' working again,
> and the automatic mounting should work as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Martin
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Yay!  you're right, editing my /etc/fstab file fixed the problem.  woot!

thanks for all your help Martin =]

aroon pahwa
viperstyx at gmail.com