[sllug-members]: Newbie Question

[Adam Barrett]

Excellent, thanks!

One last question, when I do mount I will do

mount /dev/usbdev4.7 /meida/drivenamehere

what should the filesystem type be for a CD/DVD? or does it matter?

On 7/28/06, Andrew Johnson <tehlaser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hmm... never done that on SuSE before.  Try this: unplug your drive, run
> 'tail -f /var/log/messages' (you may need to be root) then plug it back in.
> That will let you know if your drive is being detected at all, and may tell
> you which device it is.  Ctrl-C will stop the command.
>
> Next, unplug your drive, run 'ls /dev/sr* /dev/scd* /dev/usb*', then plug
> it in, wait 10 seconds or so, and run the same command again.  Anything that
> appears in the second command that wasn't there in the first is probably the
> drive.  Try mounting that device somewhere and see if you can read the files
> on the disc there.
>
>
> On 7/28/06, Adam Barrett <dragen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Apologies - let me give more detail.
>
> I am trying to connect a USB external DVD-RW (I just realized its DVD) to
> my Linux box. I am running SuSE 10.0.
>
> To my understanding the drive should be autodetected and added to my
> /media
>
> However, it is not, and I am not sure how to go about mounting it, I can't
> seem to find any documentation (in english) that explains where the device
> is to be found, and how to make it readable.
>
> I am new to using Linux, this is my first major attempt.
>
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Adam Barrett
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