listing files on a cd

G_Dem · #1 September 17th, 2006, 11:16 PM

Hi guys,

I installed debian 64bit today on my pc. I'm trying to install the ndiswrapper which i placed in a folder. The folder is called test linksys drivers. I get into the cdrom by running: cd /cdrom

But when i type dir nothing comes up. Am I doing it wrong?

Roadrunner777 · #2 September 17th, 2006, 11:29 PM

the command is: ls (LS in small letters)

G_Dem · #3 September 17th, 2006, 11:58 PM

thanks but thats not working either. It must be the cd because i can use ls in the home directory fine. The thing is though i tried using ls with the debian installation cd and that didnt work either???

I might just uninstall debian and try something else. Might go back to ubuntu. I'm finding not having kde difficult.

Roadrunner777 · #4 September 18th, 2006, 12:02 AM

ls is a very basic command, so there is some other issue. Anyway, yeah, I really like Ubuntu... it's been my only operating system at home since last November.

G_Dem · #5 September 18th, 2006, 12:10 AM

Cool well i'll be asking for lots of help! lol. I'm sure i will run into problems installing ndiswrapper and the wireless drivers.

Roadrunner777 · #6 September 18th, 2006, 12:17 AM

Oh no no no... hehe... I'll try but I have no experience with either in Linux.

**kage** · #7 September 18th, 2006, 12:22 AM

Are you sure the cd was actually mounted to /cdrom? Run 'mount' to check.

G_Dem · #8 September 18th, 2006, 12:57 AM

yeah it seems to be mounted. I'm not 100% though. It says:

/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)

**kage** · #9 September 18th, 2006, 01:15 AM

It's not mounted.

You should see something like:

/dev/hda on /cdrom type cd9660 (ro)

Check /etc/fstab, see if anything is mentioned about the cdrom drive.

G_Dem · #10 September 18th, 2006, 01:24 AM

debian:/cdrom# /etc/fstab
-bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied

G_Dem · #11 September 18th, 2006, 01:38 AM

ok ive done something.

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
then:
mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
then it said:
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write protected, mounting read only.
Now when i type mount the bottom line says:
/dev/hdd on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro)

but "ls" still doesnt work

G_Dem · #12 September 18th, 2006, 01:53 AM

ok ls -lrt works. I can see the folder which i want to get to but i cant navigate to it. Could someone let me know how to navigate to a specific folder. Then move a file to another location. Do I need to move ndiswrapper to a certain folder or can I run it from the cd?

Edit: Ive managed to get to the folder by pressing the tab key after cd /. woohoo! now just gotta figure out the rest.`lol

**kage** · #13 September 18th, 2006, 02:20 AM

To check /etc/fstab, use the 'cat' command. 'cat' prints out the contents of a file, so 'cat /etc/fstab' would show you what is in the file. If you have a really long file (that goes off the page) you can pipe the output of cat to less, like so: 'cat /etc/fstab |less', which will allow you to 'scroll' down with the arrow keys.

Once you have the cd drive mounted, use the 'cd' command to change to the directory. 'cd /mnt/cdrom' will put you in the directory you want to be in. You can copy files from one directory to another using 'cp <file> /<designation>'.

G_Dem · #14 September 18th, 2006, 02:41 AM

cheers mate all done. Now ive posted in my old wireless thread. Getting an error when running make