howto mount a second cdrom

Chris racerx at makeworld.com
Sun Dec 2 17:36:08 UTC 2007


On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 11:31:13 -0600
Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 11:08:37 -0600
> "Tim M" <southern.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am embarrassed to say that I cannot figure out how to mount and
> > use the second cdrom (actually a dvdrom) I have installed in my
> > small test server. I have read a articles on the subject but they
> > never seemed to address the problem I am having. The new drive
> > shows up in the BIOS but I am not sure how to find it using command
> > lines. I even installed a lightweight windows manager iceWM in
> > hopes that some visual clues might help me . . . Anyway, what are
> > the commands I need to run to find the dvdrom and mount it?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance, Tim
> > 
> 
> Something like this:
> 
Forgot to mention, the below example would be added to your /etc/fstab
file. Of course, I'm using  /media/cdrom1 as a mount point.

> /dev/scd1       /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0
> 
> It always helps to man mount and have a peek at /etc/fstab for
> examples. And to find out the actual drive, dmseg | more helps too.
> 

Then, a mount -a  should kick everything into place


-- 
Best regards,
Chris

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