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can't mount music cd 
can't mount music cd 
How to interpret cdrecord output? 
CD-ROM Specification 
Any software to pull an .iso from a cdr or to compare an iso file with a cdr just burned? 
Any software to pull an .iso from a cdr or to compare an iso file with a cdr just burned? 
Any software to pull an .iso from a cdr or to compare an iso file with a cdr just burned? 
Any software to pull an .iso from a cdr or to compare an iso file with a cdr just burned? 
setting up cd writing 
Help with "Special device /dev/cdrom does not exist" 
Unable to mount cdrom 
xcdroast tutorial 
cdrw (directcd software for RH) 
packet writing on CDRW 

can't mount music cd 

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 04:08:59 +0000
> I am unable to mount music CDs... I used fstype as iso9660... it works
> for data or even mp3 cds but NOT for normal music cds... is there a
> different fstype that goes with mount command?

You cannot 'mount' music CDs. They don't have a file system. mp3 cds ARE data cds (there is no difference between a mp3 cd and a data cd, except that the 'data' on a mp3 cd happens to be mp3 data files).

You have two options:

  1. you use a cd player program (such as xmcd) to play the music
  2. you use a 'ripper' program to copy the cdda tracks to wav files or something. I guess you can use dd to copy the music tracks as-is, which is only useful if you intend to burn them onto a new *music* CD-R.

can't mount music cd 

> I am unable to mount music CDs...

There is nothing like iso9660 on a audio cd, but of course it is possible to write a file system driver which lets the tracks appear as files. See http://www.elis.rug.ac.be/~ronsse/cdfs/

Ralf