Hello again Brian,
My CD-ROM is /dev/hdc so would the following
be: ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom ? The floppy is
now "supermounting" as it should.
Thanks for the help!
Vern
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From: Brian T. Schellenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] accessing floppy and cdrom?
>
> Well, it "should" work out of the box, and you didn't give much info,
> but I'll take a stab in the dark.
>
> 1. "supermount disable" will allow you to access your non-DOS-formatted
> floppies (the old fashioned way, with mount).
> 2. "rm /dev/cdrom; ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom" will let you access your
> CD-RW drive from reading CD-ROMS.
>
> The former is a "feature" that many of find to be more trouble than
> it's worth; the latter is a bug.
>
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> |
> | After installing Mandrake 7.0 what files do I edit
> | to give me access to my floppy and cdrom?
> | Thanks,
> | Vern
> |
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