Using Your CD±ROM Drive
Mounting a CD±ROM Disc
To access your CD±ROM drive, you must mount a CD±ROM disc every time you insert it into the drive.
CAUTION: Failure to mount a disc may cause a system error condition and may also require rebooting the system.
Perform the following steps to mount a disc:
1.Insert the CD±ROM disc into the disc tray, as described in ªInserting and Removing CD±ROM Discs Into and From the Disc Tray,º earlier in this chapter.
2.Load the disc tray into the drive, as described in ªLoading a CD±ROM Disc Tray,º earlier in this chapter.
3.Using the mkdir command, create a mount directory (for example, /cdrom) to define where to access the CD±ROM file system, as shown:
mkdir /cdrom Return
4.Mount the CD±ROM disc every time you insert it into the drive. The mount command uses the following syntax:
mount sfname directory ±options
where sfname is the name of the block device file associated with the drive containing the file system to be mounted.
directory is the mount point directory in the existing file system where the file system is to be mounted.
options are any restrictions specified by the user.