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At 03:57 PM 3/16/2004, you wrote:
>I hope this is the right place to ask. How do you mount a cdrom? I have
read
>the handbook, and I have tried different combinations, but they don't work
>for me.
>
>Teilhard-

Create /cdrom then

mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/cd0a /cdrom

where cd0a is the device name of your cdrom.  This may vary by system.

Thank you, Jacob. If I am not mistaken, once you have the cdrom configured
in fstab, you can mount it with fewer strokes. Am I right?

Teilhard

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