[Nelug] Problem mounting removable media in Redhat 7.1

[lee quick]

Eddy Younger wrote:

>Gary J Park writes:
> > I'm having a problem with a computer with Redhat 7.1 installed upon it.
> > I needed to reinstall Redhat since there occurred an error with the
> > Linux partition (EXT2). Ever since it was reinstalled I haven't been
> > able to access CDs or floppy disks in their drives. When I try to mount
> > a floppy or CD (either in the CD-ROM or CD-RW) I get the following
> > error(s):
> > 
> > Could not mount device
> > The reported error was:
> > Mount: mount point /mnt/floppy (or CD or CD1)
> > Does not exist
> > 
> > Any suggestions to a solution would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
>mkdir /mnt/floppy
>mkdir /mnt/CD
>mkdir/mnt/CD1
>man mount
>
>Eddy.
>  
>
Hi alll

1) What does it say in your FStab file
2) are the correct filesystem modules inplace
3) have you got the right permissions set
4) does the  mnt/floppy directory exist?

PS ive been on the beer so excuse my ramblings :)

cheers,

lee