Manually mounting of CDs/DVDs

[Paul Smith]

On 11/25/06, peter kostov <fedora at light-bg.com> wrote:
> > > > >> I have added the line
> > > > >>
> > > > >> /dev/hdf /mnt/dvd auto
> > > > >> umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0
> > > > >>
> > > > >> to /etc/fstab, in order to make it possible for a user manually
> > > > >> mounting CDs/DVDs. However, I am not being successful:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> $ mount /dev/dvd
> > > > >> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdf,
> > > > >>        missing codepage or other error
> > > > >>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> > > > >>        dmesg | tail  or so
> > > > >>
> > > > >> $
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Any ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > >Try replacing the "auto" with "udf,iso9660" and see how that goes.
> > > > >That's what I use, and DVD/CD's mount without a problem. And I don't
> > > > >think that "iocharset" and "codepage" is really needed..
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Wolf. Now, with
> > > >
> > > > /dev/hdf /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660
> > > > umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0
> > >
> > > From the mount man page:
> > >
> > >         If any user should be able to unmount, then use users instead
> > >         of user in the fstab line.
> > >
> > > but I see you're using both. You might try losing one or the other of them.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > in /etc/fstab, I again get
> > > >
> > > > $ mount /dev/dvd
> > > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdf,
> > > >       missing codepage or other error
> > > >       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> > > >       dmesg | tail  or so
> > > >
> > > > $ mount -t iso9660 /dev/dvd
> > > > mount: only root can do that
> > > > $ mount -t udf /dev/dvd
> > > > mount: only root can do that
> > > > $
> > > >
> > > > Any further ideas?
> >
> > Thanks, but with the line
> >
> > /dev/hdf /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660 defaults,noauto,user,ro 0 0
> >
> > in /etc/fstab, everything seems to work fine.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> (If you use Gnome)
> Isn't it better to use gnome-mount. I think adding a rule for removable
> media into fstab is deprecated.

Thanks, Peter, but I use KDE.

Paul