robert jorgenson wrote:
> 
> how would i get that off the cdrom? i know mount /dev/cdrom will mount it but how do i actually access the cdrom?
> 

Assuming you have a directory - /mnt/cdrom , to mount your cdrom to :

$ mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

Or you may be able to just :

$ mount /dev/cdrom

Then you can just

$ cd /mnt/cdrom
$ ls -l
$ cp /mnt/cdrom/<filename> <path_you_want_to_copy_to>
 etc, etc

The cdrom is now effectively mounted to /mnt/cdrom, and everything on it
will appear hanging down from that point.

When you are done with the cdrom, just 'cd' somewhere other than on the
cd ... perhaps :

$ cd /mnt

and then umount the cdrom

$ umount /dev/cdrom
$ eject

Oh, and don't forget to do a :

$ man rpm

;-)
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