The Linux eternal problem with reading CD/DVDs...

[Tony Nelson]

At 4:09 PM +0100 7/18/06, Paul Smith wrote:
>On 7/18/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> From time to time, I have serious problems with reading data DVD
>> disks. Now, I try to copy a file from a mounted (automatically) disk
>> to the Desktop (KDE), and the the process is stalled for ages, with no
>> progress. Any ideas? When will Linux reach the MS Windows' performance
>> regarding CD/DVDs?
>
>That is absolutely irritating: I try to mount the DVD disk manually and I get
>
>$ mount /dev/dvd
>mount: can't find /dev/hdd in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
>$

"man mount" will explain.
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