Hi Nick, Yes, you must "mount" the cd before you can access it..... somehting lie: mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdX /mountpoint where: hdX is the device where your CDROM is physically connected, and /mountpoint is a directory in your filesystem to mount the CDROM device on... see 'man mount' for details. --hth --terry On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 04:36:59PM -0600, W. Nick Dotson wrote: > I've brailled and read Janina's advice to me about how to copy my "tar" and "gz" html document files. However, I'm still missing something with respect to > accessing my cd-rom drive. I've tried such things as: > "/dev/fdc" > and > "cd /dev/fdc" > to no avail. Do I have to "mount" the drive first, to be able to access it, and see thefile names? Maybe, > "mount /dev/fdc"? > > Nick > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Name: Terry D. Cudney Phone: (705) 422-0039 E-mail: terry at wasaga.dyns.net Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like... having a peeing sectionin a swimming pool. Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
