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Using CD-ROM and Floppy Devices
Mounting Disks
When you insert a CD-ROM or floppy disk into a computer running Linux, you must tell Linux to mount the disk. This can be done either from the command line or from KDE.
Mounting with KDE
- Insert the CD-ROM or Floppy Disk into the drive.
- Click on the buttons on the desktop mount the disk (as shown in Figure 1).
 
Figure 1: The Floppy and CDROM Device icons on your desktop
- IMPORTANT: When you are done using the drives, you must unmount the drives. Do this by right-clicking on the buttons on the desktop and choosing "unmount".
- You may now take out the disk.
Mounting with the Command Line
- Open up a Command Line program (rxvt, konsole, xterm, etc).
- Type in mount /cdrom to mount the cdrom; type in mount /floppy to mount the floppy drive (make sure the CD or disk is in the drive).
- You can change to the directory of the disk by typing cd /cdrom or cd /floppy and typing ls to list the contents.
- IMPORTANT: When you are done using the drives, you must unmount the drives. Do this by typing umount /cdrom or umount /floppy.
- You may now take out the disk.
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