Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-15 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 01:25:39PM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote: yes, the hardware is perfect. You mention in your original post that you feel like somehow the ata just went bad in some way or another. Just to isolate this to a FreeBSD software issue have you tried booting to, say, a Knoppix

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-15 Thread Timothy Smith
ok i deleted the devices and ran sh MAKEDEV acd0 and still no joy i'll pre-empt the it must be hardware by assuming you it's not, it's does it on 2 different drives which work in other machines just fine. one is an lg dvdrw the other a cdrw my only possible thought now is it's something to do

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-12-15 09:43, Timothy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mount cd9660: /dev/cd0a: Invalid argument Try without *any* partition name: titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mount Since /mount is a non-standard name, you _did_ check that /mount exists as a

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-14 Thread Adam Fabian
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 09:43:49AM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote: is there a way i can delete /dev/acd0* and remake the device, could this be a fix? I believe that mknod would be used to do such a thing; but don't ask me how, I've never had to do it. -- Adam Fabian ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-14 Thread Timothy Smith
Subhro wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Smith Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:14 To: James; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-14 Thread Peter Harmsen
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2004-12-15 09:43, Timothy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mount cd9660: /dev/cd0a: Invalid argument Try without *any* partition name: titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mount Since /mount is a non-standard name, you _did_

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-14 Thread Timothy Smith
Peter Harmsen wrote: Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2004-12-15 09:43, Timothy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mount cd9660: /dev/cd0a: Invalid argument Try without *any* partition name: titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mount Since /mount is a non-standard

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-14 Thread James
Hi, Have you tried: # mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mntpnt Seeing as how you said its a cdrw, I remember reading somewhere to use /dev/cd0 and not /dev/acd0 On Tuesday 14 December 2004 07:16 am, Timothy Smith wrote: i have a genuine problem here. i noticed my backup cdrw's had stopped working

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-14 Thread Timothy Smith
titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mount cd9660: /dev/cd0a: Invalid argument the exact same issue. reinstalling etc is not an option since this is a development machine and i need to work on it all the time, can't afford for it to be down. fyi i am using freebsd 4.10 release is there a way i can

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-14 Thread Timothy Smith
what your suggesting is for 5.x mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mount cd9660: /dev/cd0: No such file or directory and yes /mount does exist and yes i do have permission to use it. note how earlier i posted the problem with /cdrom Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2004-12-15 09:43, Timothy Smith [EMAIL

RE: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-14 Thread Subhro
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Smith Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:14 To: James; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mount

RE: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-13 Thread Haulmark, Chris
Someone broke the silence: i have a genuine problem here. i noticed my backup cdrw's had stopped working at some point. upon furthur investigation i find i cannot mount cd's full stop. titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /mount cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Invalid argument Is this a typo of acd0c

Re: cannot mount cdrom - not a newbie problem

2004-12-13 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:49 am, Haulmark, Chris wrote: Someone broke the silence: i have a genuine problem here. i noticed my backup cdrw's had stopped working at some point. upon furthur investigation i find i cannot mount cd's full stop. titan# mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /mount