hey guys im rather new to linux, im runnin damm small linux on an old HP.
my problem is I cant mount the cd rom drive. when I try and mount I get the mount point is being used by another directory, i tried editing the fstab file. but that didnt work. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Try "mount" without options, is the CD-ROM mounted, if so, unmount it....
Run lsof or fuser against the mountpoint - is anything using it?
If it still complains, umount -f /dev/whatever - see if that forces it to unmount.
And Damn Small Linux, are you running that from a CD? If so, have you removed the CD without unmounting? It shouldn't let you open the drive, but anyway....
What line is currently in /etc/fstab for the CD drive - and what was there before you made the edit?
hey, I tried just using the mount command, and I got a list of all the possible commands for mount, but it didnt list that the cd rom was mounted. then I tried editing my fstab file. this is what my fstab file looked like before I changed it.
i tried changing the mount point to / cdrom instead of /mnt/cdrom
it kept giving me errors like cannot find /mtn/cdrom in fstab or mtab.
I know my cd rom works, cause I did a HD install from an install CD and it worked fine. Ive never been able to use my cdrom all the other drives work and mount nust fine. I was even able to mount my USB drive, all except the cdrom
so yeah Im running DSL off of my hard drive.
yeah thats exactly what the line looks like in fstab. i tried your mount command and it still didnt work? not sure what else to do? could it be maybe my cdrom is not compatible with this kernel? dont know what else it could be?