mounting usb cdroms

Aroon Pahwa viperstyx at gmail.com
Thu Oct 7 07:45:23 UTC 2004


On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:12:08 +0200, Martin Pitt
<martin.pitt at canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi Aroon!
> 
> Aroon Pahwa [2004-10-07  0:12 -0400]:
> > I've attached the output from each command in their own respective
> > output files.
> 
> Hmm, that actually looks good. Can you please paste your /etc/fstab
> here as well?
> 
> > Quick question,  what kind of changes would I notice when I add my
> > cdrom drive?
> 
> - the CD-ROM is automatically mounted ('mount' will list it)
> 
> - the icon in Disks changes and the CD-ROM's label is shown
> 
> - the same new icon will appear on the Desktop
> 
> - a Nautilus window with the CD's content will pop up
> 
> All of these are the default settings, you can adapt them in Computer
> -> Desktop Settings -> Removable devices.
> 
> > Should the CDRom disk icon always be visible in the 'disks' menu
> > (because it is, regardless of whether or not the usb drive is
> > connected or not)?
> 
> Yes, it just has different icons and titles.
> 
> > Whats the default /dev/ file the cdrom would be listed under?  C
> 
> /dev/sr0, I suppose.
> 
> If it does not mount automatically, can you please type the command
> 
>   pmount /dev/sr0
> 
> and see what happens?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Martin
> 
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> 

Hey Martin,

Attached is my /etc/fstab as well as the error i recieved from the
pmount attempt. Thanks for all your help!

aroon pahwa
viperstyx at gmail.com
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