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Okay ive got libranet 2.0 installed finally... but windows-x wont work because it cant use my video card (radeon 9600)... found out i need linux drivers(.rpm)... I have downloaded them(2.96MB) and put them on a cd....
now my cdrom is the primary slave therefor /dev/hdb right. or /dev/cdrom right.... neither work and i cant access the cd rom just says doesnt exsist, and i tried /dev/cdrom/ as well.... also tried remounting the cd player... mount /dev/cdrom /dev/hdb. I cannot get to the cd rom to access the drivers(which are too big for floppy)
used dmesg and i can see ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB cache, UDA(33).... need help on how to access cd rom....
Usage of mount: 'mount [device] [directory]'
/dev/cdrom is just a link to another device (probably hdb)
/dev/hdb is probably your cdrom (remember what was in demsg? it says it).
To mount /dev/hdb:
mkdir /mnt/cdrom make /mnt/cdrom directory
mount /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom mount the cdrom
You can try '-t auto', or '-t iso9660' with that.
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