Re: Mounting a Remote CD-RW Drive using SMBFS

From: Ross MacGillivray (t5457607_at_telus.net)
Date: 05/31/05


Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:23:17 GMT

Yes, you were correct. Thanks.

Funny thing though is that I don't remember doing a 'mkdir' when I first
mounted the hard drive from the same
machine (/mnt/maxtor).

/Ross

"Ross MacGillivray" <t5457607@telus.net> wrote in message
news:tgTme.25743$9A2.4790@edtnps89...
> I am running the following configuration:
>
> - colinux 0.6.2
> - Debian Testing
> - KDE 3.3.0
>
> I am trying to remote mount a CD-RW drive.
>
> The host system for the CD-RW drive is Windows XP Home.
>
> I have the following line in the etc/FSTAB file:
> //ROSS-WINDOWS/AudioCD(D) /mnt/cdrom smbfs user,noauto 0 0
>
> When I attempt to mount the CD-RW drive, I get the following error message
> (please remember that this is a remote CD-RW device that is why I not
> mounting it as /dev/cdrom)
>
> "could not resolve mount point /mnt/cdrom"
>
> I am successfully mounting a hard drive on the same host using the
> following line
> in the FSTAB file:
> //ROSS-WINDOWS/Maxtor(E) /mnt/maxtor smbfs user,noauto 0 0
>
> Why won't the CD-RW drive mount?
>
> /Ross
>



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