From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.2) Gecko/20010705 Description of problem: when i try to mount a multisession CD i get the following error: [diakka@charon diakka]$ mount /mnt/dvd /dev/dvd: Input/output error mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified the fstab entry for this filesystem is: /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 Here are the entries in the /dev directory: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jun 13 20:37 /dev/dvd -> scd0 brw------- 1 diakka disk 1, 0 Mar 23 23:38 /dev/scd0 this is what happens when i specify a filesystem as root: [root@charon /root]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd mount: block device /dev/dvd is write-protected, mounting read-only Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. put the previous filesystem entry in to fstab 2. put a multisession CD in the drive (mine is Paul van Dyk - out there and back - CD 2 3. as the device owner do mount /dev/dvd Additional info: I am using a Lite-On LTD-163 16x DVD drive set to master on the first IDE chain. using scsi emulation.
What happens if you specify a filesystem as non-root?