SNIP
>
> Ok
> Thanks a ton Jerry! The command you showed me works just fine. I
> searched through my /dev dir and found the "cdrom" entry so I replaced
> "scd0" with "cdrom". Could anyone point me to a resource that explains
> details of what this command is doing? I take it iso9660 is from the
> International Standards Organization, but why does this have to be done
> once the computer is running? XP seems to have no trouble detecting the
> drive no matter when I plug it in. Just looking for some more info on
> whats going on when I type the commands.
> Thanks so much!
> -Noah
>
> Someone asked what type of plug-in drive this is. I'm sure it's not USB
> port but I can't tell much more than that. All I know is it's the exteral
> drive that came with the computer when I purchased it.
>
>
in an xterm do:
man mount
that will give you the manual to the mount command and explain what it does.
Basically, unlike other OS's which always have the drive connected("mounted") with
linux you have to mount the drive when you want to use it. Mandrake has tried
implementing automatic mounting (supermount) when removable media is inserted into a
drive, but it doesn't work with all equipment all the time.
at least that's my understanding of it.
Jerry
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