Ellen,
Sounds like you have some basic problems with the setup of the CDROM -
probably as a result of supermount. Here is an example of me mounting a
CD with supermount switched off:
[brian@daw brian]$ mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: only root can do that
[brian@daw brian]$ su
Password:
PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] CDROM Files and tar command, Part 2
Ellen,
Sounds like you have some basic problems with the setup of the CDROM -
probably as a result of supermount. Here is an example of me mounting a
CD with supermount switched off:
[brian
I have a CDROM with tar.gz files that I would like
to decompress into my home directory.
How can youviewthe files on a
CDROM?
You first need to mount it. If you have supermount working this is just
a matter of clicking on the CDROM icon that's probably on your desktop.
If not, or if this desn't work:
1. start a console
2. become root
3. type mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
4. now the files on your cd are on /mnt/cdrom
