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crackem38

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From: Arkansas

Registered: 2015-06-22

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cdrom mounted but applications can't find

I have Arch with KDE (Plasma5) and am having problems using my cdrom drive. I was going to use Playonlinux to install Age of Empires II and everything was fine, up to the point it asked me to where to install from. It could not automatically find my cdrom, and I could not find the mount point myself. it is not under /mnt. I opened my file manager, and it appears that the cdrom has mounted, but when I check the contents, it is only showing the audio included with the game, and not the actual setup files. When I attempt to play one of the audio files, it automatically copies the file to my hard drive in a predetermined location, and would not play directly from the drive. How can I get arch to see all files in my cdrom, and my wine/playonlinux to be able to find it as well? Any help would be appreciated.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: cdrom mounted but applications can't find

Did you try mounting it manually?
If it's mounted, it should show up in the output of 'mount'.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: cdrom mounted but applications can't find

Is it possible this is some kind of hybrid format?  Audio CDs do not have a file system.  I am wondering if the disk appears as an audio CD, but also has a separate data section.

Does this work for other CD's that do have file systems (like an arch install media)?

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crackem38

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From: Arkansas

Registered: 2015-06-22

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Re: cdrom mounted but applications can't find

It appears it is mounted as an audiocd. in the properties window of the cdrom, the target is /(audiocd). Another problem I'm having is that it will not allow me to open the cdrom folder from the KDE menu. With the game disk inserted, it will not do anything or show an error. After inserting the arch install disk (which mounts and shows me all the files), it gives me this error: malformed URL.

crackem38

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From: Arkansas

Registered: 2015-06-22

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Re: cdrom mounted but applications can't find

Any help?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: cdrom mounted but applications can't find

Put "KDE" in the title to attract the attention of fellow KDE users (not me) and @arojas (one of the KDE developers) if you're lucky...

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berbae

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Registered: 2007-02-12

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Re: cdrom mounted but applications can't find

I was going to use Playonlinux to install Age of Empires II and everything was fine, up to the point it asked me to where to install from....How can I get arch to see all files in my cdrom, and my wine/playonlinux to be able to find it as well?

Did you use the playonlinux installation procedure for supported programs?
It uses installation scripts: see https://www.playonlinux.com/en/supported_apps-1-0.html
It seems a way without a cd is possible if the necessary files are somewhere in $HOME.