Isn't the mount parameters usually: mount -t filetype device mntpoint?
In any case, if you have a whole bunch of windows cds, perhaps they are joliet cds? Have you tried just mounting it WITHOUT a file type, or using vfat? mount -t vfat /dev/hdc /cdrom "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." wrote: > > Unless my memory has faded even more, a possibility I won't rule out, I > used to be able to mount cd's with > > mount /dev/hdc /cdrom -t iso9660 > > I now get, > > mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, > or too many mounted file systems > eyry:/home/hawk# mount /dev/hdc /cdrom -t iso9660 > mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, > or too many mounted file systems > > Have I forgotten something? > > I've tried this with my imsl documentation disk, and a couple of > windows disks. > > I just bought a gaggle of windows programs for the kids as the local > dollar store had them for .99 and 1.99, and I need to get them off the > cd's and onto the laptop. Preferably to run under dosemu and windows . > . . > > (hey, my 7 year old can use linux. And preferred linux games like > xjewel to the fancy windows stuff. I'm trying to keep her sheltered as > long as possible, and not have to explain the ugly facts of the real > world--like microsoft :) > > -- > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. http://www.netmaster.ca "Connecting networks to the Internet"
