[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Howto: Eject CD?



On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Ed Sutherland wrote:

> ...
> Still, I am unable to mount /dev/hdb or /dev/cdrom in order to play the
> audio CD.

...and therein lies your problem. Except in very unusual cases, you don't
mount audio cd's. You play them with a program that refers directly to the
device that contains them, such as cda, xmcd, or any one of a large number
of other possible programs. Just insert the audio CD and direct the
program to /dev/hdb.

There is a cdfs which allows you to refer to audio tracks as if they were
a mounted filesystem, but if all you want is to play the CD, you
definitely don't want to fool with that.

Best,
Andy Perrin


----------------------------------------------------------------------
Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu





Reply to: