Sfinx software tree - CD

The following machines are currently equipped with a CD-ROM player:

Sun: strw, lithium
HP: schelde, merwede
Linux: thames, roer, niers, fluor, argon
There is one "floating" CD-ROM player for software installation. This can be connected where ever it is needed. It might often be found on vecht.

The public CD-ROM player on strw is located behind the VT100 (console) keyboard, in the rack in the corner of room 711.

An up-to-date listing of CD-ROM devices can be obtained using devices cdrom.

Mounting a CD-ROM

To use a CD-ROM, first insert the disk into the device, and then type

  mountcd

to mount the CD. After that, you can access it at /cdrom, just like you can access any disk or floppy disk. Or you start up the software that comes with specific CD-ROMs to access the data on it. Note that some of this software mounts the CD for you, so you can omit that step.

After you are finished, type

  umountcd

to unmount it, and then either type

  eject cdrom

(Sun only) or press the eject button on the device to eject the CD-ROM.

Available software

The Library committee takes care of most of the CD-ROM software, and they maintain a list of currently available CD-ROM titles.

Outside working hours

On the Suns, a program called Workman is available which can play music CDs (listen to them through the headphone connection, not the system speakers. On the HPs, a program xcd used to be available, but it is currently out of order.

On the Linux machines, there is a program called xplaycd that can do the same thing (note that the volume control only works if the headphone is connected to the sound card, which most of our Linux machines don't have at the moment.

However, don't use either of these programs when others might need the CD-ROM.

David.Jansen@strw.leidenuniv.nl

Last modified: Tue Oct 29 16:49:13 MET 1996