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edtate
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 Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:10 am Post subject: Couple of questions... |
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Hey guys, I have a few questions  , my first problem is that everytime I mount a DVD, I can't read the contents.
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ls: Console 3: No such file or directory
ls: Console 1: No such file or directory
ls: Console 2: No such file or directory
ls: Console 4: No such file or directory
ls: Console 5: No such file or directory
ls: Console 6: No such file or directory
ls: Dos x86 Emulator: No such file or directory
ls: Macintosh_Emulator: No such file or directory
ls: AtariManualTomeV151.pdf: No such file or directory
ls: AtariST Yamaha2149 Soundchip MUSIC SNDH0.02.zip: No such file or directory
ls: ConsoleHelp.txt: No such file or directory
ls: Texas instruments_ti99xx_and_ti80.zip: No such file or directory
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Is there a special way to mount that i'm unaware of? (I just used mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom)
My second question is completely unrelated, i've got an ISO of WinXP, is it possible for me to install the operating system without having to write the iso to a cd? As in could the cd still somehow be mounted when I reboot? |
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Hackeron
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| Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:18 am Post subject: Re: Couple of questions... |
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| edtate wrote: | Is there a special way to mount that i'm unaware of? (I just used mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom)
My second question is completely unrelated, i've got an ISO of WinXP, is it possible for me to install the operating system without having to write the iso to a cd? As in could the cd still somehow be mounted when I reboot? |
No, same reason you cant carry on watching a movie when you reboot your PC.
You can however install windows in vmware under linux. There's also win4lin that has great performance running windows under linux. |
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dgently
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| Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: Couple of questions... |
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| edtate wrote: | Hey guys, I have a few questions , my first problem is that everytime I mount a DVD, I can't read the contents.
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ls: Console 3: No such file or directory
ls: Console 1: No such file or directory
ls: Console 2: No such file or directory
ls: Console 4: No such file or directory
ls: Console 5: No such file or directory
ls: Console 6: No such file or directory
ls: Dos x86 Emulator: No such file or directory
ls: Macintosh_Emulator: No such file or directory
ls: AtariManualTomeV151.pdf: No such file or directory
ls: AtariST Yamaha2149 Soundchip MUSIC SNDH0.02.zip: No such file or directory
ls: ConsoleHelp.txt: No such file or directory
ls: Texas instruments_ti99xx_and_ti80.zip: No such file or directory
total 0
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Is there a special way to mount that i'm unaware of? (I just used mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom)
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Specify the filesystem type "udf" and see if it helps. (most dvd's use udf instead of iso9660 which cdroms use) Does dmesg report anything when mounting or accessing that dvd?
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My second question is completely unrelated, i've got an ISO of WinXP, is it possible for me to install the operating system without having to write the iso to a cd? As in could the cd still somehow be mounted when I reboot? |
Some older versions of windows could be installed from harddisk. (create a fat partion, copy cd contents to it, boot with a dos/win boot disk and run setup). But I guess this won't work with windows xp. If you want to try it, see if the cd contains a program to make bootdisks, use it with wine and hope for the best. |
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