tryed the first two comands as the cdrom is the secondary master. and got the following mount: No medium found (this was without a CD in drive) mount: Wrong medium type (with music CD in drive) these two where with the first comand the next all came up at once with the second comand mount:Block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only mount:wrong medium type now i was watching when Linux was loading and it does see my cdrom if that makes a differance and if it helps any i would like the cdrom to automount so the wife can use it when im not home. Thanks Jim kdeepak wrote: > Hi Jim, > First of all you to mount the cdrom if you Linux OS does not do > automounting. I think you missed to check this. try the > command "mount /mnt/cdrom" or "mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom (if the cdrom is > a secondary master one" or "mount /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom (if the cdrom is > primary slave" . Once the cdrom is mounted you can playcd. > > Please get back to me if you are not clear > > Regards > K.Deepak > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > K.DEEPAK > AdventNet Development Centre (India) Pvt Ltd > Phone : +91-44-2432414,2432748,2432749 > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Jim Travnick wrote: > > > How do i get my cdrom to work ive typed cd /mnt/cdrom in a terminal > > window but nothing tried xplaycd with a music cd in and i get told i > > have no disk in. when i look in the control center under cd properties > > the command says: gtcd--play--device %d if i click on browse and i go to > > /mnt/cdrom it looks as i don't have any files in there what gives? > > Thanks for any and all help > > Jim > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > > as the Subject. > > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.