Unable to mount CD on USB Hub

red-rock-west · 05-25-2005, 04:07 AM

OK... I am new, but I am getting the hang of things. Still, I cannot see ANY way (using GUI) to install a CD-RW drive which I have connected via a USB hub. (Actually, even when it is plugged directly into the machine - a Gateway Solo 5300 -- it is the same situation.) I am running Mandriva 10.1. If there is no GUI way of doing it, I am getting familiar (in a newbie way) with the command line, and ain't afraid to learn. So, whatever you can tell me is surely welcome.

Thanks!

niknah · 05-26-2005, 02:53 AM

When you plug it in, type "dmesg".
It should say disk found on /dev/sda or something
then you type...
mount -t iso9660 /dev/sda /mnt/cdrom

and it should be on /mnt/cdrom (create it first if you don't have it)