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Old 05-19-2002, 05:17 AM   #1
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Cd-rom

How do I access a CD-ROM drive in Mandrake 8.0 (i don't have KDE/Gnome)?
 
Old 05-19-2002, 05:25 AM   #2
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mount /mnt/cdrom

And then to access a file do a ls to view what's available and then choose.
 
Old 05-19-2002, 08:02 AM   #3
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thanks that worked
 
Old 05-19-2002, 08:16 AM   #4
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Cool, I helped someone!!! I think you are the first. Cool!

And then to get it out just type eject or you can umount /mnt/cdrom if you want to write to it or whatever.

COOL!!! I helped someone!!!
 
  


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