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Date:      Fri, 9 Oct 1998 11:10:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:      VEGA <vega@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu>
To:        Fran Maruca <fmaruca@Omnia.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: xcdplayer question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810091108350.4527-100000@d132-h017.rh.rit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <0D962991BD00D211A18900A0C9C8391A03AE56@OMNIA_3>

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On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Fran Maruca wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to use xcdplayer to play music but don't seem to be
> able to get past mounting the cd drive.  I use the mount_cd9660 command
> and it works fine for non-music cds but I get an "Input/Output Error"
> every time I use it to mount the drive with the intent of listening to
> music.  2 quick questions:
> 
> 	1) Is there a "special" way to mount the drive in order to play
> music?
> 	2) Are there any other xcd players out there that people have
> used?
> 
> Thanks,
> Fran
> 
dont mount the drive when you want to listen to music, just use the
-device flag when starting xcdplayer up

e.g.

xcdplayer -device /dev/wcd0a (or whatever device your cd drive is)

you will need to be root to do this (or add yourself to the bin group)




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