Linux

Hi, I am trying to mount my Oracle Linux 6-2 bootable disk that I installed from in order to manually copy off the packages directory onto the server ( to create a local YUM repository )

I have checked the DVD in my windows laptop and can see the packages folder ( so I know the DVD is iso9660 format ) however when I do the following on my linux server -

Code:

mkdir /cdrom
mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /cdrom

I get the following -

Code:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr0,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

when I do dmesg | tail I see

isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=sr0, iso_blknum=16, block=16
attempt to access beyond end of device

any idea of how to resolve this ?
Jim

Moderator's Comments:

Please use code tags next time for your code and data.

By any chance, might your "Install-CD" be a DVD instead of a CD? If so, then "ISO9660" is the wrong filesystem type.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

Yes it is a DVD in fact. What should I be using to mount it then ?

See the man page of "mount" for alternatives. Off the top of my head: try "udf" ("Unversal Disk Format").

I hope this helps.

bakunin