[CLUE-Tech] Can't mount cds

[Mike Staver]

Oh, and mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom doesn't work show me what the output 
of this command is:

df -h

Don Collier wrote:

>Hello all.  I seem to be having a bit of a problem.  I just reinstalled RH
>8 back on to my laptop after trying RH 9 for a while (It seemed fine, but
>didn't work with my docking station).  My cdrom is recognized but I am not
>able to mount anything.
>
>dmesg shows:
>
>SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
>hdb: attached ide-scsi driver.
>scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
>  Vendor: TOSHIBA   Model: CDRW/DVD SDR2102  Rev: 1D13
>  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
>So I know that the drive is recognized.  But when I try to mount a cd, I
>get the following error:
>
>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb,
>       or too many mounted file systems
>       (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
>       ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)
>
>The command used was:
>
>mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom/
>
>The log shows:
>
>ide-scsi: hdb: unsupported command in request queue (0)
>end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 0
>FAT: unable to read boot sector
>
>I have tried using several different cds but all give the same error.  Has
>anyone seen this before?
>
>I am running RedHat 8 on a Dell Latitude C840 with kernel version
>2.4.20-18.8.  Thanks a bunch.
>
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>dcollier at collierclan.com
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