How to copy a file from cd in linux

[dgc813]

I have a file on a cd I need to copy to the hard drive and do not know how to do it.

 

[Lemon13]

by gui or command line?
wich linux?



M. Knorr

MCSE, MCTS, MCSA, CCNA

 

[Noway2]

When you put the CD in, does it auto mount or do you need to do that manually?

 

[engjohn]

this should work in any variant of linux.

from the command line su to root.
then;
mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -- this might be /dev/cdrom0 or cdrom1 etc.
cd /mnt/cdrom
cp <fileName> <toDestination>

 

[Bong]

I can't recall right now (I'm at work and w/o my Linux PC) but I think Ubuntu has the CD in /media/cdrom (not /dev/cdrom).

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Bob Rashkin

 

[IRudebwoy]

FYI, [blue]/dev/cdrom[/blue] is the device and [green]/media/cdrom[/green] is the mount point, two different areas of the filesystem. Most recent *nix desktops use /media/{device} as automatic mount points for onboard devices.