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mounting and unmounting a CD

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using your CD drive mounting and unmounting a CD mounting and unmounting a CD This section of the chapter explains how to mount and unmount a CD using the System Administration Manager (SAM). The procedures in this section require you to log in as root. If you cannot log in as root, contact you system administrator. mounting a CD using SAM To access your CD drive, you must mount a CD every time you insert it into the drive. This applies to CDs with file system information only. If you wish to load a music CD, for example, you would not need to mount the disk. Mounting a disk with file system information gives the disk a path name that allows your computer to communicate with it. You must unmount the CD before removing it from the drive. To mount a CD on your HP-UX operating system, perform the steps covered in this section. 1. Log in as root. 2. Move the mouse pointer to the Application Manager control for tools and click the left mouse button. Alternatively you can execute sam at a terminal window command prompt and skip to step 5. Chapter 2 55

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Chapter 2
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using your CD drive
mounting and unmounting a CD
mounting and unmounting a CD
This section of the chapter explains how to mount and unmount a CD
using the System Administration Manager (SAM).
The procedures in this section require you to log in as
root
. If you cannot
log in as
root
, contact you system administrator.
mounting a CD using SAM
To access your CD drive, you must mount a CD every time you insert it
into the drive. This applies to CDs with file system information only. If
you wish to load a music CD, for example, you would not need to mount
the disk. Mounting a disk with file system information gives the disk a
path name that allows your computer to communicate with it. You must
unmount the CD before removing it from the drive.
To mount a CD on your HP-UX operating system, perform the steps
covered in this section.
1.
Log in as
root
.
2.
Move the mouse pointer to the
Application Manager
control for
tools and click the left mouse button. Alternatively you can execute
sam
at a terminal window command prompt and skip to step 5.