[Leaplist] CentOS question ....

[Carter Manucy]

William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> [root at cmi2400:/etc/yum.repos.d, Thu Jan 18, 09:09 PM] 164 # mount 
> /dev/hdc /media/cdrom
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> [root at cmi2400:/etc/yum.repos.d, Thu Jan 18, 09:12 PM] 165 # mount -t 
> iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom
> mount: mount point /media/cdrom does not exist
> [root at cmi2400:/etc/yum.repos.d, Thu Jan 18, 09:12 PM] 166 #
>
> The fact that the yum repo-file mentions /media/cdrom makes me think 
> that there should be some automounting action, but I am not seeing it. 
> I also see no /dev/hdc or /dev/cdrom files ....
>
do you have anything under /media?

you can always:

# mkdir /media/dvd
# mount /dev/hdc /media/dvd

If your DVD drive isn't on the secondary master, it'd be a different hdx 
entry... eg, secondary slave is /dev/hdd

Check David's post for more 411 on finding where your DVD drive is.

-Carter