Thanks Brian. YOU are really great. It has been some years since I did UNIX. I /etc/fstab and found the device name! heh heh! so simple!? I am remembering some now armed with the man pages! Thanks again.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Parish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL 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@daw brian]$ mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > mount: only root can do that > [brian@daw brian]$ su > Password: > [root@daw brian]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only > [root@daw brian]# ls /mnt/cdrom > autorun.inf dosutils/ INSTALL.txt Mandrake/ tutorial/ > Boot/ images/ LICENSE-APPS.txt misc/ VERSION > COPYING index.htm LICENSE.txt README.txt > doc/ install.htm live_update* RPM-GPG-KEYS > [root@daw brian]# umount /mnt/cdrom > [root@daw brian]# eject /dev/cdrom > > Now, if you do this, where does it fail and what does it say? Maybe you > can post a console session like the one above along with the output from > the commands: > > ll /mnt > ll /dev/cdrom > > It would also be useful to see the contents of your /etc/fstab and > /etc/lilo.conf files. Sorry if that sounds like a lot, but armed with > that info, we can certainly sort out your problem. > > To get the console text into an e-mail, just highlight the text in the > console window, then click into the window in which you are writing your > post and click the middle mouse button to paste the highlighted text. > If you only have a two button mouse, clicking both buttons at once will > do it. > > HTH > Brian > > > On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 07:54, Ellen Slater wrote: > > I have tried the command line previously and just now. > > The error returns that no such directory exist. > > I have tried on the package manager. Nothing shows in cdroms directory. > > I tried to add source in software manager (?) > > I am at a loss of what to do next (?) > > Thanks. > > > > > > Brian wrote: 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 > > > > You can now use tar to decompress them as you would off a hard drive. > > > > The supermount problem means that some of the above may not work. > > /dev/cdrom may not exist etc. etc. Best thing is to try first and ask > > again if something seems broken. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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