[Herefordshire] Installing DVD-CDrom

[Noel McG.]

Hello Mark,

Here they are, attached.  Hope this is what you meant.

Noel.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Broadbent" <markb at wetlettuce.com>
To: <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] Installing DVD-CDrom


> Noel McG. said:
> > I have transferred to my Linux box an Asus DVD-ROM E616 player.  The
> > system found it and seemed to set it up.  The first time that I
> > re-booted it showed on the KDE desktop and worked.
> > Since it does not show on the desktop at all, though if I put a disk in
> > the led comes on and it tries to work.
>
> A DVD-ROM to the O/S should be no different than a CD-ROM so _such_ behave
> the same.  When you say it tried to work, in what way?  Did the light just
> flash or did a new icon appear on the desktop.  Do you have to mount the
> CD manually or is it automatic?  Outputs of the followings would be very
> useful after you have booted the computer and then put the disc in the
> drive.
> $ cat /etc/fstab
> $ dmesg
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
>
>
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