Scott Karlin wrote:
I was surprised that I had to create mount points and use an explicit mount to read a CD-ROM:
# mkdir /media/cdrom # mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
Is this typical? Is there some RPM that creates the mount points?
I don't mind becoming root to do the mount -- I was just surprised the mount points weren't already there.
Scott
Depending on your settings, in the GUI mode HAL will create the mount point for the CD/DVD and mount it when you insert the disk. If you are using the cli, you can use gnome-mount to do the same thing. Gone are the days of having to mount CD/DVDs by hand, and having the mount point be in the /mnt tree.
Mikkel