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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: ATeslik@aol.com
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Subject: Re: Mounting A CD-ROM 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:37:48 EDT."
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On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:37:48 EDT, ATeslik@aol.com wrote:

> mount /cdrom
> 
> is the most basic way to do it. It gets a little more complicated if this 
> doesn't work, but if you are using the GENERIC kernel and it's seeing the 
> cd-rom, this should work.

Just so that you don't continue to spread misinformation, whether or not
the kernel identifies the drive has nothing to do with whether the
/cdrom mountpoint exists and has an entry in /etc/fstab .

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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