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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] reading data cd/dvd
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:19:05
Message-Id: 20151111161851.17cbfa34@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] reading data cd/dvd by David Haller
1 On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:01:10 +0100, David Haller wrote:
2
3 > Add the device(s) to fstab like so:
4 >
5 > /dev/cdrom /cdrom auto noauto,ro,user,users
6 > 0 0 /dev/dvd /dvd auto
7 > noauto,ro,user,users 0 0
8 >
9 > if you have udev setting those symlinks, else use /dev/sr* instead.
10 >
11 > But what I think is missing is some feature of the desktop, aka
12 > "device actions", possibly sys-apps/gnome-disk-utility and some
13 > digging in the gnome-config.
14
15 He doesn't have /dev/sr0 so no amount of fstab or automounter fiddling
16 will mount a CD that isn't there. This appears to be a missing kernel
17 option.
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19 Is this a built in optical drive or a USB one?
20
21
22 --
23 Neil Bothwick
24
25 Q. How many radical feminists does it take to change a light bulb?
26 A. Two - one to change the bulb and one to write a book about the passive
27 role of the socket.

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] reading data cd/dvd allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
Re: [gentoo-user] reading data cd/dvd David Haller <gentoo@×××××××.de>