You will probably have to mount it manually.
mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom
or if /dev/cdrom doesn't exist make it a sys link to your cdrom
ln -s /dev/hdX /dev/cdrom
Depending on where you have your cdrom install it will be
/dev/hdb -- Slave on Primary IDE channel
/dev/hdc -- Master on Secondary IDE channel
/dev/hdd -- Slave on Secondary IDE channel
(Some of the more comman places, if it is SCSI drop an email back to the list)
After the sys link is made run the mount command again. If it gives you an
error saying "Wrong file system" or something like simplair try
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom -- For "standard" ISO 9660 CDROMs
mount -t vfat /dev/cdrom /cdrom -- VFAT is fat32, I don't know if cdrom come
in this flavor or not.
also when you try to "eject" your cdrom from the drive when it is mounted, it
will not let you. Do a
umount /dev/cdrom
or
umount /cdrom
when you are done, or wish to change cdroms.
man mount
man umount
Hope that helps,
Jack
>From: "Ard Righ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:25:01 +1200
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>Subject: Mounting CD-ROMs
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> Hello :o)
>
> I have Slackware 4 installed on my computer, and it seems to create a
>/cdrom directory when installed.
>
> Now, I can't access my cdrom from this location, so I'm assuming it isn't
>getting mounted at startup like everything else.
>
> Do I need to change the modules settings to make Slackware detect my CD-
>ROM, and mount it ? Do I have to mount the CD-ROM manually ?
>
> What commands would one use to mount a cd-rom ? I assume changing
>disks in the cd drive would mean umounting and mounting ?
>
> Please help :o)
>
>
> Ard Righ
> S' Rioghal Mo Dhream!
