[PLUG] Mount point of optical drive

[wes]

>
> >The problem is that it isn't "mounted" in the traditional way we think
> >of it. This is what GVFS is all about, it's a "virtual file system"
> >which allows X-windows applications to access devices without mounting
> >them. This is why "mount" doesn't show it - it wasn't mounted by mount.
>
> That clears up part of the confusion. But still there must be a way to
> access files on it from the command line. C'mon Xubuntu, can't I have a
> path?
>
>
nope and nope. this is the "g" in gvfs: "gome" - in other words, GUI only.

 >You can probably do what you're looking for by mounting it yourself.
> >mount /dev/cdrom /mnt should be a beginning - if you get an error, it
> >should at least be a hint.
>
> Everywhere on this computer I find references to sr0, so I'm pretty
> sure it's /dev/sr0. But:
>
> $ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt
> mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: /dev/sr0: can't read superblock


my best guess is, this is an audio CD (the type you'd play in an audio-only
stereo without mp3 capabilities or similar). as such, there are no wav (or
other types of) files to access, and you can't mount it on the filesystem
because it has no filesystem.

-wes