how to mount cdrom. not working since install

Actually it should mount automatically when you insert a cd in the drive. What distribution are you using?

Ubuntu 7.04 feisty fawn. When I put a cd in and try to open it I get "unable to mount media. There is probably no media in drive"

Insert the cd, open a terminal and type:
sudo mount
Paste here the output, please.

Here you go Andrea........

/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt type ext3 (rw)

Thank you.
Try to type one of those commands:
sudo mount /dev/cdrom
sudo mount /dev/scd1
sudo mount /dev/dvd
If none of them work, type
cat /etc/fstab /etc/mtab
and paste here the output.

Here is what I got.......

mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0,
       missing codepage or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail or so

john@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/scd1
mount: can't find /dev/scd1 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
john@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/dvd
mount: can't find /dev/dvd in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
john@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/fstab /etc/mtab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=3ca8996d-50ee-43a2-a605-b2b9fbcae372 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=4cdf72a7-d6e4-4708-8c95-173965eae78f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
varrun /var/run tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755 0 0
varlock /var/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777 0 0
procbususb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0
devshm /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
lrm /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile tmpfs rw 0 0
binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0

Ok, I found the problem!
Type
sudo gedit /etc/fstab
And found the line
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
Add a # at the start of the line:
# /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
Save the file and try to insert a CD. If it doesn't mount the CD, restart the pc and retry.

Still a no go........this is what I got..........

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=3ca8996d-50ee-43a2-a605-b2b9fbcae372 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=4cdf72a7-d6e4-4708-8c95-173965eae78f none swap sw 0 0
# /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

I added the # and restarted twice

Leave the # and type:
sudo mount /dev/scd0

Still no go this is what I got.....

john@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/scd0
mount: can't find /dev/scd0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

on my notebook (only one of them!) i encountered a similiar problem...
the solution was not tu use grub as bootloader, but tu try lilo.
installation is a bit tricky for a complete newbie and could f*** your installation....... but lets try...

first install lilo:
sudo apt-get install lilo

the installation will remind you on executing something like lilo-config or similiar. Do this!
a
man lilo.conf
or
man lilo
should give you a hint what to put in the config-file of lilo:
to edit it:
sudo gedit /etc/lilo.conf

the example was good enough for me to simply cut'N paste it into the lilo.conf
remember to put lilo into the mbr, for you this should be /dev/sda
a look at the grub-config
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
should help you further to find the right values
after saving lilo.conf, do
sudo lilo
to install it on your mbr of your harddisk.

if the system still boots into linux, the problem should be solved (it was for me!)

if the system does nothing anymore... :
boot from live-cd, open a terminal, do:
mkdir x
sudo mount /dev/sda1 x
sudo mount --bind /dev x/dev
sudo chroot x
cd boot/grub
grub-install hd0
exit
sudo umount x/dev
sudo umount x
then reboot the system, you should have your default-grub-bootloader back.

I am using Ubuntu Gutsy - 7.10 and I have got the same thing.
Ubuntu just not automount media (only cdrom's and dvd's).

I am using kernel 2.6.22-14-generic.

Moreover,

I am able to mount the cdrom on /media/cdrom (and it works).

But sound-juicer and banshee cannot retrieve information from the music cd, and there is no link to cdrom drive on desktop.
So i can only read information from cd/dvd by the shell.

Regards.

I'm using Unbunto 8.04. and i have the same problem. It cant' mount my Cd's and DVDs. I already triend some of teh command you've written here, but nothing helps. What should i do toy make it work ? Can you help me ?
Best reguards. :)

Ok, I found this post because I had the same problem. After seeing "mount: can't find /dev/scd0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab" and trying the same things as jnmill1234, I realized that using
sudo gedit /etc/fstab, and changing (this was what the line read in mine)

/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto

to

/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto

it might work, and it did! yay! I just changed hdc to scd0 which is what it was looking for. Food for thought.

Hello I have the same problem...since I have installed ubuntu 9.10 I have not been able to mount and type of media (audio cd, dvd, etc.).

I always get the error message: "mount: special device /dev/scd0 does not exist" here is my info:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=4325657b-c015-4089-aacb-4497058a57ab / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=8b931b92-ac5b-423d-a437-084388c5ac17 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

please tell me what to do??? any suggestions????

I am trying to update my System and I keep getting this message...

Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 (20090420.1)/dists/jaunty/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Can anyone help? I have Ubuntu 10