Mastodawn

Mounting a DVD player in Linux
Should be simple enough to remember, but brain says no. So here’s a reminder for me and if you need it, also for you. I need a DVD player mounted to /home/dvd so I can copy its contents of said DVD to /home/snorlax . It seems quite usual that a DVD is mounted to /dev/sr0 mkdir /home/dvd mount /dev/sr0 /home/dvd/ cd /home/dvd cp -vr * /home/snorlax Done. To unmount i
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#dvd #howto #linux #mount #umount

נקודה ופסיק; Semicolon Jul 18, 2025

I always get confused why I can't un-mount a device on my laptop.
It just make sense that if there's mount command, there would be unmount.
And my eyes always read it like that when searching online, and only after a few errors (Every time) do I realize its umount (u, not un).
Whyyy the linux gods whyyy.

#mount #umount #linux