[CentOS] Re: Automount configuration problem

Tue Aug 14 16:00:01 UTC 2007
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

Lanny Marcus wrote:
> On 13 August 2007, Lanny Marcus <mailing-lists at computer2.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>>         mount /dev/cdrom /media
> 
> I saw the above line in the updated Release Notes from Upstream
> yesterday and I was able to mount the FC6 Install DVD, as root from a
> terminal, and then install the kdeedu package from that DVD, without
> problems yesterday.
> 
> Then, last night, I tried to view the contents of the CentOS 5.0 Install
> DVD and no luck.
> 
> This morning, I got the following results, with the FC6 Install DVD on
> that box:
> 
> (1) mount - No medium found
> 
> (2) rebooted into Win ME and there was no problem 
> 
> (3) took out the DVD, rebooted to CentOS 5.0, inserted the FC6 DVD into
> drive.  # mount /dev/cdrom /media
> mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write protected, mounting read only
> and I was able to view everything on the DVD, without any problem.
> 
> I'd begun to think possibly there was a problem on the Teac DVD drive
> and that I should look for TEAC DVD Diagnostics, but it seems to work
> properly.
> 
> Any ideas? TIA, Lanny

Not sure what the problem is ... but the new (fc6/7 and centos) mounting
 of DVDs uses gnome-mount.

it mounts under ... /media/$ISO_NAME

it should also show on the desktop


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