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    From kramer.newsreader@kramer.newsreader@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 07, 2006 22:09:01
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    Hi. I'm a Mac Newbie. In fact I don't own a Mac (they are nice, but
    too expensive), but my question is in which directory is the cd-rom
    mounted.

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  • From Alan@twobutnot2@comcast.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 07, 2006 22:16:10
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    kramer.newsreader@gmail.com wrote:
    Hi. I'm a Mac Newbie. In fact I don't own a Mac (they are nice, but
    too expensive), but my question is in which directory is the cd-rom
    mounted.

    The hard drives and cd drives mount on the desktop. Not in a folder.

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  • From Michelle Steiner@michelle@michelle.org to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 07, 2006 22:18:45
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    In article <1144472941.724517.297260@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
    kramer.newsreader@gmail.com wrote:

    Hi. I'm a Mac Newbie. In fact I don't own a Mac (they are nice, but
    too expensive), but my question is in which directory is the cd-rom
    mounted.

    They are directories in their own right, just as is the internal hard
    drive.

    If you mean which lettered drive they are, the Mac doesn't use lettered drives.

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  • From Steve Hix@sehix@NOSPAMspeakeasy.netINVALID to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 07, 2006 22:56:34
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1144473370.277832.114560@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
    "Alan" <twobutnot2@comcast.net> wrote:

    kramer.newsreader@gmail.com wrote:
    Hi. I'm a Mac Newbie. In fact I don't own a Mac (they are nice, but
    too expensive), but my question is in which directory is the cd-rom mounted.

    The hard drives and cd drives mount on the desktop. Not in a folder.

    Yes, they show up there, too.

    Mounted volumes reside in /Volumes; you can check there in Terminal.app
    to see.

    For most people, most of the time, the desktop is the place to check.
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  • From Howard S Shubs@howard@shubs.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, April 08, 2006 01:59:06
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1144472941.724517.297260@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
    kramer.newsreader@gmail.com wrote:

    Hi. I'm a Mac Newbie. In fact I don't own a Mac (they are nice, but
    too expensive), but my question is in which directory is the cd-rom
    mounted.

    They mount in /Volumes.

    --
    We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams,
    Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams.
    from "Ode", Arthur O'Shaughnessy
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  • From Gregory Weston@uce@splook.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, April 08, 2006 10:37:44
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <howard-057B6C.01590608042006@news.supernews.com>,
    Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> wrote:

    In article <1144472941.724517.297260@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
    kramer.newsreader@gmail.com wrote:

    Hi. I'm a Mac Newbie. In fact I don't own a Mac (they are nice, but
    too expensive), but my question is in which directory is the cd-rom mounted.

    They mount in /Volumes.

    And unless there's a name clash, the name of the mount point is the name
    of the disk volume.

    I'm curious why the OP asks.

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    I have no idea what it means, but it's such a cool "word" (by which I mean pronouncable sequence of letters) regardless.
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  • From neillmassello@neillmassello@earthlink.net (Neill Massello) to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, April 08, 2006 15:15:56
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    <kramer.newsreader@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hi. I'm a Mac Newbie. In fact I don't own a Mac (they are nice, but
    too expensive), but my question is in which directory is the cd-rom
    mounted.

    System Profiler lists the mount point and BSD name of each mounted
    volume.

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  • From kramer.newsreader@kramer.newsreader@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, April 08, 2006 08:47:06
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Thanks, everyone. All are god answers. The one I needed was /Volumes
    (I was used to things mounting under /mnt).

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  • From kramer.newsreader@kramer.newsreader@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:45:52
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    And if any of you are curious why I asked. I burned a cd for my friend
    who has a Mac. The folder which opened on the desktop for him showed
    only some of the directories that I burned. I wanted to navigate to
    the mount directory to see if there are some files there that are not
    on the cd.

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