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Date:      Thu, 17 Sep 1998 01:30:00 +0100
From:      Christopher Raven <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk>
To:        Dave Ason <dgason@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mount a music cd? Mount not root?
Message-ID:  <36005808.7E541B3@ukonline.co.uk>
References:  <360034A0.AECCA795@mindspring.com>

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Dave Ason wrote:

> Hi there,
>
>     I've got two questions related to mounting file systems.
>     1)How do you mount a music cd? I've tried it with the -t cd9660
> option as with data cd's but with no luck.

As far as I know, you DON'T mount music CDROMS - they are accessed
directly by the music player (software)


>
>
>     2)Is it possible for a user who is not root to mount a file system?
> I'd like to setup a FAT file system so that any user can mount it read
> only.
>

Perhaps chmod the drive

# chmod 666 /device /rwcd0c

that will give you access, or if you don't wan't "all" users, edit the
/etc/group file

Take a look at:

http://dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org/~chrisr/cdrom.html#found

........... as I can't recall off hand what was said.



hope that helps,


Chris R.


>     Thanks in advance,
>     Dave
>     dgason@mindspring.com
>
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