Linux Help Needed

[Fidgits]

urgh...

ive never gotten on with linux...

and im having some probs with RH9 console

so, i know we have a few techies, so if you can help - it would be most appreciated...

ive tried mounting my CD drive -

i did a dmesg /more

followed by

#mount /dev/hdc -t iso9660 -r /cdrom

which was my understanding to how to mount a cd - except i get the error:

"mount point /cdrom does not exist"

now, i cannot find the /cdrom directory at root, which is what i think the issue is.... but, i have no idea how to resolve this...

so, any help and guidence would be most appreciated...

oh, and if anyone has a pointer to a good online tutorial/guide to RH linux, that would be handy!

[Flat Pack]

Not used Linux for years but I'm pretty sure you can just create the directory as normal and then mount the drive :)

mkdir /cdrom

[Fidgits]

i'm thinking the issue might be because the CD has a windows File system...

i did try that thanks Dave, but now get special device /dev/hdc/ does not exist...

from the dmesg i have

hdc: teac cd-552e .... etc...

im baffled..

nevermind...

i manged it...

thanks for trying though!

[Boro Sera]

the best online guide to Linux is the Rute Book.

http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

[vmail]

is it plugged in and swiched on

sorry

you said the CD might have a windows file system, have you tried a different CD?

[Fidgits]

and the 'i managed it' didnt give a clue i'd sorted it vmail

[vmail]

sorry, I didnt click

I saw "i manged it..."

[Fidgits]

and besides, i was asking for help, not really, really bad attempts at humour