From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rhombus.bright.net ([205.212.123.75]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16F3QQ-0006hk-00 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:15:38 -0500 Received: from tward (woos-max1-cs-2.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.21]) by rhombus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id fBF1FeTQ013377 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:15:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <002801c18505$f64f3000$0100a8c0@tward> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: <000801c184f1$6d27e380$0201a8c0@danny> Subject: Re: location of cdrom Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:15:18 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0025_01C184DC.0CD2D5E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C184DC.0CD2D5E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, under Red Hat there is a soft link for the cdrom in /mnt/cdrom. So for me I type mount /mnt/cdrom and the drive gets loaded. The easiest whay to know where your cdrom is to see if it is on the = primary or secondary controler. Typically, the cdrom is the first drive = on the secondary controler which is /dev/hdc. If you want a drive such as a zip to automatically mount on startup add = it to your /etc/rc.local file if using Red Hat. For me I enter the line: mount /mnt/zip100.0/ in /etc/rc.local, and my zip drive is always loaded on startup. However, something like a floppy isn't good to load on startup, because = it is unlikely there is a floppy in the drive on startup as with my zip = drive. What you might do is create an alias in your /etc/bashrc file called = floppy, and type that command and it will mount it for you. For example on my Red Hat box I have an alias line like this: alias loadfd=3D 'mount /mnt/floppy/' ----- Original Message -----=20 From: dannyboy=20 To: speakup=20 Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 5:46 PM Subject: location of cdrom My floppy is /dev/fd0 and the hard drive's linux is on /dev/hda5. How = is a cdrom accessed with linux? Do I need to mount that drive? Is = there a way to fix it so I do not have to mount the floppy after logging = on all the time? ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C184DC.0CD2D5E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi, under Red Hat there is a soft link = for the=20 cdrom in /mnt/cdrom.
So for me I type mount /mnt/cdrom and = the drive=20 gets loaded.
The easiest whay to know where your = cdrom is to see=20 if it is on the primary or secondary controler. Typically, the cdrom is = the=20 first drive on the secondary controler which is /dev/hdc.
If you want a drive such as a zip to = automatically=20 mount on startup add it to your /etc/rc.local file if using Red=20 Hat.
For me I enter the line:
mount /mnt/zip100.0/
in /etc/rc.local, and my zip drive is = always loaded=20 on startup.
However, something like a floppy isn't = good to load=20 on startup, because it is unlikely there is a floppy in the drive on = startup as=20 with my zip drive.
What you might do is create an alias in = your=20 /etc/bashrc file called floppy, and type that command and it will mount = it for=20 you.
For example on my Red Hat box I have an = alias line=20 like this:
 
 
alias loadfd=3D 'mount = /mnt/floppy/'
 
 
 
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From:=20 dannyboy=20
To: speakup=20
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 = 5:46=20 PM
Subject: location of = cdrom

My floppy is /dev/fd0 and the hard = drive's linux=20 is on /dev/hda5.  How is a cdrom accessed with linux?  Do I = need to=20 mount that drive?  Is there a way to fix it so I do not have to = mount the=20 floppy after logging on all the = time?
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