No CDRom In Fstab

[wolvesden]

Total Newbie here. Been running ubuntu for a solid 24 hours. Love it!

I've searched around but really can't find what I'm looking for. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

My Fstab file does not display my cd/dvd burner drive. Here's what my file looks like.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk / ext4 loop,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none swap loop,sw 0 0

I tried the command "lshal | egrep cdrom" which returned nothing.

I also tried "ls -l /dev/{cd,dvd}*" which returned the following:

ls: cannot access /dev/cd*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /dev/dvd*: No such file or directory

I understand how to mount cds and all that good stuff, based on the terrific explainations posted throughout this forum. But i can't mount a cd when i can't find the cd drive.

Any help?

Sorry for the information overload.

[dcstar]

Total Newbie here. Been running ubuntu for a solid 24 hours. Love it!

I've searched around but really can't find what I'm looking for. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

My Fstab file does not display my cd/dvd burner drive. Here's what my file looks like.
........

There is no entry, it is no longer required. CDs and DVDs should mount when inserted if the hardware is detected at boot up.

Exactly what is the hardware configuration?

[Indigo340]

Me too, I have no entry for CD-Rom or DVD etc in fstab file and cannot mount the drive or use it at all.
I'm not trying to hijack this thread but I think we have a common problem and will be following to see if it can be resolved.

[prshah]

As already pointed out, since Hardy, dynamic volumes such as CD/DVD drives, USB drives, HDD partitions, etc are no longer required to be listed in /etc/fstab.

If you are facing any problems in your current setup, adding anything to the /etc/fstab will not particularly help.

What problem (if any) are you facing? Usually, CD/DVD devices will be listed as /dev/sr*, as well as /dev/dvd* or /dev/cd*, depending on type; eg

Tue Aug 03 @14:57:39:~$ ls -l /dev/sr* /dev/dvd*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      3 2010-08-03 10:12 /dev/dvd -> sr0
brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2010-08-03 10:12 /dev/sr0
Tue Aug 03 @14:57:48:~$

(Note /dev/dvd is a symlink pointing to /dev/sr0)

[anivegmin]

Similar problem here.

Although quite often the cd drive and dvd drive will both mount discs immediately after booting the system. But then after some random length of time they will either unmount or wont mount a newly inserted disc.

As I write this post both my drives are inaccessible.

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

mount: mount point /media/cdrom does not exist

Both drives are listed in Disk Utility -

TSSTcorp CDRW/DVD TSH492B
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B

Both drives work fine with Windows XP.

I have had this problem since installing 10.04 in April. I have posted on various threads on this forum and still not solved it.

[wolvesden]

What problem (if any) are you facing? Usually, CD/DVD devices will be listed as /dev/sr*, as well as /dev/dvd* or /dev/cd*, depending on type; eg

Tue Aug 03 @14:57:39:~$ ls -l /dev/sr* /dev/dvd*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      3 2010-08-03 10:12 /dev/dvd -> sr0
brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2010-08-03 10:12 /dev/sr0
Tue Aug 03 @14:57:48:~$

(Note /dev/dvd is a symlink pointing to /dev/sr0)

The problem I'm facing, in a nutshell, is CrossOver wants me to mount the StarCraft 2 dvd in a place for it to find it, but I can't put it there cause I can't figure out where the DVD is on the system.

As far as auto mounting goes, it doesn't seem to be occuring, as I've tried music cds and dvd movies, also with no luck of finding them.

[Indigo340]

[Quote] What problem (if any) are you facing? [Quote]


I am typing "sudo mount /cdrom0 and getting this response,
"mount: can't find /cdrom0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"

If Ubuntu 10.04 does not require entries in these folders in order to mount drives, then why am I getting this response ?

[utilitytrack]

to Indigo

try

# mount /dev/cdrom/ dir

or

# mount /dev/dvd dir

[prshah]

sudo mount /cdrom0

It's not "/cdrom", it's "/dev/cdrom".

You can try a manual mount (though it's totally unnecessary) with the command

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt -o defaults,ro

This will mount the content of your CD at "/mnt".

If this does not work, please check if you have the correct device in /dev; eg /dev/cdrom, /dev/cdrom0, /dev/scd0, etc.

If you still have any problems, please post back errors, if any, as well as the output of the command

ls /dev/cd* /dev/dvd* /dev/scd* /dev/sr*

Once again, I repeat, a manual mount SHOULD not be required.

[Indigo340]

ian@ian-laptop:~$ mount /dev/cdrom/ dir
mount: only root can do that
ian@ian-laptop:~$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom/ dir
[sudo] password for ian:
mount: mount point dir does not exist
ian@ian-laptop:~$ mount /dev/cdrom/ dir
mount: only root can do that
ian@ian-laptop:~$
ian@ian-laptop:~$
ian@ian-laptop:~$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt -o defaults,ro
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
ian@ian-laptop:~$ ls /dev/cd* /dev/dvd* /dev/scd* /dev/sr*
/dev/cdrom /dev/cdrw /dev/dvd /dev/dvdrw /dev/scd0 /dev/sr0
ian@ian-laptop:~$

Nothing changed

Sorry I didn't mean to take over this thread, would it be better to start a new thread ?