how to mount a cdrom in gnome?

[S.D.Willie]

actually, what i want to know is how to create a cdrom shortcut that will mount a cdrom when you click on it. in kde its as simple as right clicking on the desktop, new cdrom, etc.

in gnome you cant do that. any ideas?

SD

[Syngin]

Hmm, my default install of Gnome in RedHat 7.0 automatically mounts when you insert a cd. Try right clicking on the desktop, choose New -> Launcher and put 'mount /mnt/cdrom' maybe?

I haven't tried this yet though. :p

[Linuxcool]

When I had an old version of gnome running, I could right click on the desktop and select ' Rescan Devices ' and icons would appear for the cdrom and floppy. Try this. If it doesn't work, you probably will have to put an entry in your /etc/fstab file for your cdrom and try it again. I believe that is where ' Rescan Devices ' looks.

There was also an applet that you could run and you would get a dialog box to fill in. Exiting the dialog box, an icon would appear on the task bar for that drive. I think the applet was called ' drive mount ' or something like that.

[S.D.Willie]

yeah i just had to right click on the desktop, select "disks" and then floppy, cdrom, or cdrom 2. then the same to umount. thanx

SD

[Linuxcool]

You're welcome. :)

When you did that, did any icons appear on the desktop?

[S.D.Willie]

yeah, a cdrom icon appears on the dektop when its mounted :)

SD