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CDRom/Floppy
CDRom/Floppy
Hello guys. New to Debian, new to Linux as well. I have Debian on my 36gig hard drive using Knoppix Live CD install. I have XP on my 200gig.
Anyways. Debian won't let me use my cdrom and floppy. It says it's their(probably a normal thing). It says there's no /mnt/cdrom(or /dev/cdrom, forgot. I'm on XP, can't check).
I got network card and such working on Debian though. Any help?
Also.. I hear people installing games and such on a Linux OS. How's that possible? Doesn't Windows only get to use .exe files? Is their a way to do this? Thanks
I'm also on an amd 2500, 512 ram if that info is needed. it's also a lg gsa 4040b dvdrw. floppy, no clue. it's very old, lol
Anyways. Debian won't let me use my cdrom and floppy. It says it's their(probably a normal thing). It says there's no /mnt/cdrom(or /dev/cdrom, forgot. I'm on XP, can't check).
I got network card and such working on Debian though. Any help?
Also.. I hear people installing games and such on a Linux OS. How's that possible? Doesn't Windows only get to use .exe files? Is their a way to do this? Thanks
I'm also on an amd 2500, 512 ram if that info is needed. it's also a lg gsa 4040b dvdrw. floppy, no clue. it's very old, lol
the default for mounting in debian is now /media/cdrom /media/floppy.
open up the file /etc/fstab and it should have a line:
if it does (or it says /mnt/cdrom0 instead) then do an
(or /mnt if the fstab had mnt)
if the folder does not exist, create it by
open up the file /etc/fstab and it should have a line:
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/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
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ls /media
if the folder does not exist, create it by
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mkdir /media/cdrom0
And for the games part:
There's a program called Cedega(follow up of WineX) that allows you to run games and other windows applications. It's a paying program though. You can find it here.
You can also install Wine(apt-get install wine) in stead to run some windows programs, this is free. But then again it won't support installing/running games since it doesn't support that.
There's a program called Cedega(follow up of WineX) that allows you to run games and other windows applications. It's a paying program though. You can find it here.
You can also install Wine(apt-get install wine) in stead to run some windows programs, this is free. But then again it won't support installing/running games since it doesn't support that.
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Something doesn't sound right with your permissions. The permissions control who can read, write and execute certain files. As a normal user you should be able to read these files. Try becoming superuser. First try
if that doesn't work, just log in as root.
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su
ok, how about as root try the following.
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mkdir /media
mkdir /media/cdrom
mount -t auto /dev/hdc /media/cdrom
mkdir /media/floppy
mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
where does it not work? at the mount stage? what does the shell say when it doesn't work?
redhat may be easier for your first install, but there is certainly a pleasure in debian. i won't be the one to go through all the details.
if you want to continue with debian, i would suggest that you try a new install of debian (not knoppix). i tried the knoppix install once and found it more trouble than the graphical interface was worth.
redhat may be easier for your first install, but there is certainly a pleasure in debian. i won't be the one to go through all the details.
if you want to continue with debian, i would suggest that you try a new install of debian (not knoppix). i tried the knoppix install once and found it more trouble than the graphical interface was worth.