Solaris

CDROMs should be mounted read only automatically, so try this:

Code:

sudo mount -F hsfs /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /mnt/cdrom

On a SunOS 5.9 system I killed vold and made a /mnt/cdrom. Then I tried:
mount -F hsfs -o -ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /mnt/cdrom
mount -F hsfs /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /mnt/cdrom

and both worked for me. That is interesting because the device name is wrong. It should be /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2. I retried both forms with the right name. Both still work.

geralex, if you are still having trouble, post the results from:
sudo mount -V -F hsfs -o -ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /mnt/cdrom

Hi All,

So on one last try this morning the CD was inserted, read, mounted and unpacked without any issue or explanation as to why this being so awkward last week. Bugger.

Perderabo, dangral and reborg: Many thanks for all your work and suggestions and apologies that there's no evidence of what went wrong or postable solutions for this one!

Best regards.

Ger