can't mount cdrom

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

> Forgive me for being such a clueless Linux user.  But it should be
> easier than this.  I want to copy mp3 files from my cdrom to my hard
> drive, but I can't find the mounted files.

Nay; you've got it backwards -- it's not Linux that's throwing you...
leastwise, I don't think it is.  You're inserting a stock, store-bought
audio CD-ROM?  If so, there -are- no files; the raw audio data is encoded
right on the media.  In order to get it off (regardless of operating
system), you have to use some sort of CD-ROM-to-MP3 "ripping" software. 
I, myself, am a fan of "grip", though I imagine you'll get a bazillion
hits at www.freshmeat.net if you type "rip" into the search field.  The
reason KSCD can find (and play) it is because there's no problem actually
playing the audio CD; but it's playing it as just that: an audio CD, and
not actually looking at it as a mounted _anything_.

FYI, if you want to see where (or if) something is mounted, just type
"mount" from the command line, and it'll tell you what and where all your
mounted filesystems reside.

-Ken

> When I insert the cd, it *will* automatically play using KSCD, which is
> configured to use /dev/cdrom.  Somehow KSCD can find the files, but I
> can't.
>
> If I try to browse to /mnt/cdrom, there is nothing there.  I've tried
> using the shell, and Konqueror.  Maybe I'm not looking in the right
> place, or maybe I don't understand how the CD filesystem is mounted.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> If I close KSCD, and then issue the command (as root)
> $ mount /dev/cdrom
>
> This is the response:
>  > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
>         or too many mounted file systems
>
>
> My /etc/fstab looks like this:
>   LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults
>    1 1
>   LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults
>    1 2
>   none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620
>  0 0
>   none                    /proc                   proc    defaults
>    0 0
>   none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults
>    0 0
>   /dev/hda3               swap                    swap    defaults
>    0 0
>   /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660
> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
>   /dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto
> noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
>
> I'm searching the linuxdocs.org site now.
>
>
>
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