CD basics

[nfallon]

When you type eject to eject the CD ROM what do you type to get the system to read the next CD? It doesn't just read it automatically.

Neil

[Aaron_Adams]

mount /dev/cd0 ( or whatever your device is )
That may be the problem. If the device is improperly unmounted when the disc is ejected, you'll need to remount it.

If it asks for a filesystem type it should be: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cd0


I could be wrong, as I'm a newbie.

[trommaster]

That sounds about right, though its /dev/cdrom on my system, or the physical drive name (hdc/hdd etc)
I think most current distros also have "supermount" which mounts the disk when you enter the mnt directory

Alastair

[Aaron_Adams]

/dev/cdrom is right... both my linux boxes aren't accesible right now, so I couldn't check.