In this hands-on project, you mount DVDs to the directory tree and view their contents....

In this hands-on project, you mount DVDs to the directory tree and view their contents.

1. Switch to a command-line terminal (tty2) by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 and log in to the terminal using the user name of root and the password of secret.

2. At the command prompt, type ls –l /dev/dvd and press Enter. What device file does the /dev/dvd symbolic link point to?

3. Next, insert your Fedora 13 installation DVD in your computer’s DVD drive. At the command prompt, type mount –r –t iso9660 /dev/dvd /mymount and press Enter. Next, type mount at the command prompt and press Enter. Was the DVD successfully mounted to the /mymount directory?

4. At the command prompt, type ls -F /mymount and press Enter. What files do you see? Why? Next, type cd /mymount/Packages at the command prompt and press Enter. At the command prompt, type ls -F and press Enter to view the software packages used to install your Linux operating system.

5. At the command prompt, type cd and press Enter to return to your home directory. Next, type umount /mymount at the command prompt and press Enter. Was the DVD successfully unmounted from the /mymount directory? Type the mount command at a command prompt and press Enter to verify this.

6. Eject the DVD from the DVD drive.

7. Type exit and press Enter to log out of your shell.

8. Switch to the graphical terminal (tty1 or tty7) by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F7 and log in to the GNOME desktop environment as sample user one, using the password of secret.

9. Next, insert the first Fedora 13 installation DVD into your computer’s DVD drive and wait for a few seconds. Is there an icon placed on the desktop for your DVD device?

10. Open a terminal in the GNOME desktop environment. At the command prompt, type mount and press Enter. What mount point directory did your desktop environment mount the DVD to? Close your terminal when finished.

11. Right-click the icon that represents your DVD and select Eject from the menu to unmount and eject your device. Remove the DVD from your computer and log out of the GNOME desktop environment.