can't mount cdrom

[Michael O'Donnell]

I wrote 
>If you have the proper symlink in /dev
>you should be able to simply say
>
>   mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom
      .
      .
      .


...but then Ken pointed out:
> Nay; you've got it backwards -- it's not Linux that's throwing
> you...  leastwise, I don't think it is.  You're inserting a stock,
> store-bought audio CD-ROM?  If so, there -are- no files; the raw
> audio data is encoded right on the media.  In order to get it off
> (regardless of operating system), you have to use some sort of
> CD-ROM-to-MP3 "ripping" software.

...which, of course, is much more likely to be correct.


Duh.