Homebrew PCBs

Dave <theschemer@...> writes:

> Well, after I used FDISK from an old Win98 I formatted the drive and
> installed Ubuntu. Now I can't figure out how to install the .iso for
> gEDA. I guess I need a crash course. I would have thought just
> clicking the installer would work but I think I need to mount the CD
> but have to figure out how to get to the "root". :)

It might be easier to burn a CD from it, then mount the CD.

Anyway, the magic command, as root, is:

mount -o loop /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

(where /dev/cdrom might be /dev/dvd, and /media/cdrom can be any
pre-existing empty directory)

To become root, type "su" in a terminal window.