dvd's wont mount [solved]

[c0uchm0nster]

udf fs is compiled into kernel
mount -t udf /dev/dvd /mnt/cdrom says bad filesystem type - have tried multiple dvd's - cd's load fine

fstab's /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto doesnt work either (/dev/dvd is a link to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0)

any ideas?

[frostschutz]

Some DVDs (usually home-made ones) use iso9660 as filesystem, instead of UDF. Because of that, I use -t auto (autodetecting file system type), which works fine for me.

If it doesn't work for you, have a look at /proc/filesystems - are both udf and iso9660 listed there? If not, you're lacking kernel support for some reason (not compiled in, module not loaded?).

I also had some half-defective DVD drives in the past, some of which could read CDs, but not DVDs, and the other way around. Try reading the DVDs raw (dd if=/dev/dvd of=/tmp/DVDimage.iso) - if you get I/O errors, then either the media or your drive is most likely defective.

[c0uchm0nster]

dvd was bad/weird

it only worked in the drive it was burned in - i must have forgotten to close the session or something like that
thanks