Browsing Cd's

punkandacoke · 2004-03-12 01:21:40

How do I browse cds, and with what?
Im running xfce4 and I understand that the cdroms reside in /dev/cdroms/cdrom0.

dp · 2004-03-12 01:35:47

depend on what is on these cd's

first you need to mount te cd:

mount /mnt/cd

then the data of the cd is accessible in /mnt/cd

... if you have pictures on it, use e.g. gqview

... if you have sounds, use e.g. xmms

...

punkandacoke · 2004-03-12 03:05:11

[root @ wh0r3] mount /mnt/cd
mount: mount point /mnt/cd does not exist

thats the error message I got

alcattle · 2004-03-12 03:58:04

did you make the dir?

mnt# mkdir cd
if your /etc/fstab is set up then:
mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0
then: cd cd
ls

I had to go around this a couple times to get it working, almost a catch 22, also you can't be in /mnt/cd when you do the mount for it to work correctly therefore the : cd cd or cd /mnt/cd

now I'm confused :oops:

natael · 2004-03-12 13:15:41

Yes, just create /mnt/cd (and optionally /mnt/dvd) as root

# mkdir /mnt/{cd,dvd}

then any user can do "mount /mnt/cd" (or the dvd equivalent), at least per the latest default /etc/fstab entries.
"umount /mnt/cd" unmounts the cd/dvd. Same goes for floppies (/mnt/fl)

trey · 2004-03-13 04:43:52

Is there any way to get disks to automount? And have the CD/DVD icon appear on the desktop?

alcattle · 2004-03-13 05:44:58

some CD/dvds won't automount, but if you add them in /etc/fstab they will be mounted at boot.
Depending on your DE (KDE?) they have a GUI tool for it, I have had an icon on my desktop before.

HTH

Arch Linux

#1 2004-03-12 01:21:40

Browsing Cd's

#2 2004-03-12 01:35:47

Re: Browsing Cd's

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