Lucid Lynx is great but is has some small problem like CD-ROM not mount automatically. However like all other simple problems, this can also be solved easily. Each time you insert CD-ROM, you can type in the following in Terminal and CD-ROM will be mounted.
sudo mkdir /media/cdrom; sudo mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
[UPDATE] Please note the space(” “) between /dev/cdrom/ & /media/cdrom/ i.e.
/dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
If this works, you may want to mount the CD-ROM automatically. You can do this by setting up your computer try to mount CD-ROM drive every minute. This can be done by:
sudo crontab -e
If it is the first time you are launching the command, it will ask you to choose editor, choose nano. Now enter the following line in the editor:
* * * * * mkdir /media/cdrom; mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
Then press “Ctrl+O” and press “Enter” to save and then “Ctrl+X” to close.
Now when you enter CD-ROM, just wait a while and the CD-ROM will be automatically mounted within one minute.
Please fill free to ask any questions regarding this issue.
Hi, I’m having the the issue with loading CDs. Running the code i have the following error. can’t find /dev/cdrom/media/cdrom/ in /etc/fstab or /etc/mta
is it alter where it searchs?
Any help much appreciated.
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom/
Then press “Ctrl+O” and press “Enter” to save
Here is where the trouble begins
Then “Ctrl+X” to close.
crontab: installing new crontab
“/tmp/crontab.JUJkyM/crontab”:0: bad minute
errors in crontab file, can’t install.
Do you want to retry the same edit?
Any thoughts on how to resolve the issue?
-thx
thanks your advise worked for me.
Hey I have the same problem mounting cds, I cannot get this code to mount a cd either unfortunately, what did I do wrong? After typing in the code I’m getting the following error,
mount: can’t find /dev/cdrom/media/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
Oh my god… I think there was a mis-understanding.
try this :
mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
its was not your fault nor mine. Its was the “Enter” and that made a mis-understanding on the solution.
i have try it no ubuntu 10.10:
medan@medan-P4X266-8233:~$ sudo mkdir /media/cdrom
mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/cdrom’: File exists
medan@medan-P4X266-8233:~$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
mount: special device /dev/cdrom/ does not exist
medan@medan-P4X266-8233:~$ mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
mount: only root can do that
Any help much appreciated.
Hi adi,
the response >”mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/cdrom’: File exists” refers to that your CD-ROM has already been mounted.
Thanks
Just for the last step:
> $ mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
> mount: only root can do that
I think the command should be
$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
cheers.
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hi,
Even i had he same problem, i tried these commands.
sudo mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
it said
mount: /dev/sr0: unknown device
When I key in
$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom/ /media/cdrom/
I receive message as below:
mount: special device /dev/cdrom/ does not exist
Does it say Ubuntu cannot detect the presence of a cdROM? Please help me.
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/sr0: can’t read superblock
when i insert cdrom in drive it shows this error anybody give solution for this problem