playing a dvd

zlyoga · 12-24-2004, 11:08 AM

I'm using mandrake 10.1 and I'm trying to play a dvd. But i can't seem to find where the dvd is located on my computer when I've put it in the drive.

trickykid · 12-24-2004, 05:03 PM

What program are you using? Most of the time you will want to create a symlink to the actual device.. like /dev/dvd --> /dev/hdc

Depending on what controller you have it on will tell you the actual device.

hda > Primary IDE
hdb > Primary Secondary IDE
hdc > Secondary IDE
hdd > Secondary Secondary IDE

And remember, you don't mount media DVD's, you load up the program like Totem or MPlayer and just play them, pointing to the device.