Red Hat wont mount

[mcool61]

When i try to mount cdrom or A: i get this error.
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
or too many mounted file systems
any ideas?

[Johnny Fist]

HAHAH! you said, "mount."

[mcool61]

You "mount" a drive in linux to use it unless I'm mistaken, anyway I cant use my cdrom or floppy.:eek:

[Swordfish]

I forgot the last time i used the floppy drive in Linux. Actually, i find cdr's rather cheaper and error free.

check out the following page.

http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/rhl7.1/rhl-gsg-en-7.1/ch-q-and-a.php3#S1-Q-AND-A-DISKETTE

[Cpl_Squirrel]

You may need to specify the floppy's/CD's filesystems when running the mount command.

[bushmaster]

you might have to describe it by it's IDE name /dev/hda, /hdb, etc
or it's scsi name /dev/sd0, etc.
If you have never attached your cdrom to your linux system you first have to create a directory and then mount the cdrom.

mkdir /mycd
mount /dev/cdrom /mycd for an example.

same with floppy, except to specify file type with floppy wich would be vfat and that covers either 16 or 32(fat)

mkdir /myfloppy
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /myfloppy

then once it's mounted you'll neednt have to go through that again.

[mcool61]

I've got Red Hat 8, both drives used to work?

[bushmaster]

Have you tried mounting them as root ?.

[mcool61]

Okay, i'm playing a cd now so I guess it is going to work. I had restarted but I never shut the comp completely down. After I did that I got a cd to play. Thanx to all for the advice. mc :t