[ale] Linux Questions (fwd)

[James W. Lynch]

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> From ale-owner at cc.gatech.edu  Tue Nov 12 16:21:18 1996
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> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:01:46 -0500 (EST)
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> Hi!
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> 	I just installed slackware(3.0) on my machine using the infomagic CD. I
> used the mitsumi driver and went through the motions of setup etc. and
> configured my system completely, installed lilo etc. Now, I boot into
> linux and it cant see my CD ROM. I put a CD in there and say 'ls \CDROM'
> and it gives blank!! How do I get it to see the CDROM. 
> 
You have to mount the cdrom drive.  If there isn't a fstab entry,
try 
mount -t iso9660 /dev/mcd /cdrom
as root.

Be sure /cdrom exists first.  
Note, Linux uses / not \ for directory separators.

Sorry, I can't answer any of the other questions.


Jim.

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> 	As you might have already guessed, I am a novice trying to learn the
> system and please bear with me if I am asking very silly questions. 
> 
> thanks
> ajs
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Jim Lynch, System Engineer,  SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO
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