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Old 01-18-2003, 08:39 PM   #1
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cdrom via paralel port


Can someone point me to some info about mounting an external cdrom connected to the paralel port please?
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Old 01-18-2003, 11:07 PM   #2
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I think this is in the pcd module, load it by running,....
/sbin/modprobe pcd
mount /dev/pcd0 /mnt/....
 
  


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