Mount External USB CDROM
 

Dear all

Am newbie to linux - i want the simple and clear way of attaching/mounting external CDROM plugged on USB port

I have installed Redhat enterprise 5 as guest OS in my Oracle VM

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Ohhh Noooo!

- RHEL5 is a paid-for distribution. They are paid to provide you with support. So you should ask them.

- Most of us do not use VMs, just the real variety,..... so people lose interest in your question.

Also, you have double-posted here

Please do not do this.

Hope this helps.

Virtual machines are great ways to use linux. Some virtual machines have a gui that can be used to attach and select removable devices from host to client. Oracle VM is Virtualbox. I don't run that but look in the documentation for how to attach removable usb devices.

I agree that a different OS would be a better choice.

Assuming that the device is Linux compatible and that you are using a 2.6.x kernel, it's no different from using the built-in optical drive for all practical purposes. When it has media in it, the system sees it and makes it available as a PnP device.

With older kernels, you have to put it in your fstab. I'll happily tell you how I learned to do that if you wish.

I've had several external USB CD and DVD/CD drives over the years and they've all worked flawlessly under Linux.

i will be happy if i learn that also!!!!

ubuntu, fedora mount usb devices automatically.
Ubuntu is good to start learning linux.