Re: [tlug] Linux-101

[Mark Sargent <powderkeg@example.com>]

Matt Gross wrote:

>Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon said:
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>>Another stupid question from Lyle:
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>Lyle, there's no such thing as a stupid question ;)
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>>How do I mount my CD-ROM?
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>mount /dev/cdrom <mount_point>
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>mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
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assuming that the mount point exists too...
mkdir <mount path>
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom <mount path>
if you were using fedora3 u could use the default mount path 
/media/cdrom or /media/cdrecorder...

>I've always been able to just access it, but
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>>now I'm drawing a blank (nothing happens via File Explorer, etc. - I
>>click on CD-ROM and... nothing) and when I try to access a disk with
>>K3B, I get this error message:
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>>Could not mount device.
>>The reported error was:
>>mount: only root can mount /dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom
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If you are running k3b as non-root, it will have problems with the 
mount...a way to fix it, is, either run it as root, or temporarily give 
write access to all for /dev/hd(number of yr cdrom block)...example, 
chmod 777 /dev/hd1..not too secure, though...

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>yes, you will need to be root to run the mount command unless you have
>sudo setup for your user.
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HTH...and if I've said anything that is wrong, hopefully not, let me 
know, as I'm still green myself..cheers.

Mark Sargent.