Getting CD-Rom to mount

Getting CD-Rom to mount

Post by st15 » Wed, 24 Apr 1996 04:00:00



I have a Compaq Presario CDS 520 and Linux won't mount the cdrom.
It gives the error:
        mount: fs type iso9660 not supported by kernl
Evene though I recompiled about 5 times and each time I make
sure that iso9660 is supported.  I did a cat on /proc/filesystems and it listed iso9660 and I am pretty sure I am using the right device.

Any help would be appreciated.

 
 
 

Getting CD-Rom to mount

Post by bakaric » Thu, 25 Apr 1996 04:00:00



>I have a Compaq Presario CDS 520 and Linux won't mount the cdrom.
>It gives the error:
>    mount: fs type iso9660 not supported by kernl
>Evene though I recompiled about 5 times and each time I make
>sure that iso9660 is supported.  I did a cat on /proc/filesystems and it listed iso9660 and I am pretty sure I am using the right device.

Be sure the kernel has support for the hardware interface
(ATAPI, SCSI, SondBlaster, etc.) as well as iso9660 support
Then be sure that you've properly installed the new kernel.

   cd /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /vmlinuz

   lilo

You may be using the old (non iso9660) kernel.
That's my guess.
What kind of CD-ROM, what kind of interface and adaptor?

Mak.

 
 
 

1. CD-ROM mount needs source <--> source needs CD-ROM mount

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avail;  I installed Linux from the sbpcd boot disk (as I have a Panasonic
CD-ROM drive hanging off a SoundBlaster-compat. card), and the CD-ROM drive
chugged away happily to give me the OS.  However, my concerns about the size of
everything I was prompted to install made me decide NOT to install the linux
source.  

Now, when I boot up the CD drive cannot be mounted because of 'wrong fs, blah
blah, or other error'.  I interrogated sbpcd.h (I *did* install the includes)
and the setup was incorrect.  Because I can't mount the CD drive I can't get
the source off the CD - re-booting off the boot disk (sbpcd) and trying a
reinstall  from the CD using setup gives a warning that the CD drive can't be
mounted.

Should I delete the linux partition and start from scratch again?  I do really
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have the OS source.

Apart from that, it's great having a proper OS on my PC at last!

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