cd reader external

[Steven Stern]

On 09/19/2012 10:14 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-09-19 at 14:18 +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>> Can I use (mount?) a cd reader from another computer?
>> Both computers are on internet, In aother words can I do a
>> mount 122.255.988.10:/dev/cdrom or similar?
> 
> You'd mount it on the computer it's connected to, then export that mount
> to your network.  However, changing discs would be a pain, you'd have to
> unexport then unmount it.
> 
If it's just one or two CDs, make an .iso file of each on the machine
with the CD reader. Transfer the files to the machine without the reader
and mount them there.

http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/Mount_an_ISO_Image_in_Linux

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-- Steve