From: MacCorkindale on
On 23/07/10 13:47, houghi wrote:
> MacCorkindale wrote:
>> Forgive my this embarrassing question - but -
>> how to copy files/pictures from CD in Suse 11.3 ?
>> CD drive is seen ok but I have no idea how to copy the contets from
>> CD to a hard drive.
>
> KDE, Gnome or something else?
>
> houghi

Thanks to ALL cordially!
I'll try to find the way as you prompted.
From: MacCorkindale on
On 23/07/10 14:00, taco wrote:
> MacCorkindale wrote:
>
>> Forgive my this embarrassing question - but -
>> how to copy files/pictures from CD in Suse 11.3 ?
>> CD drive is seen ok but I have no idea how to copy the contets from
>> CD to a hard drive.
>>
>> TIA
> Unless 11.3 ha a very much different behaviour in kde4 or gnome (I'm still
> on 11.0 at work and 11.1 on laptop and 11.2 on home PC ...)
> 1. The graphical way:
> Open the kfmclient icon (Looks like a house and opens as a konqueror
> instance). Browse the CD mountpoint: /media/some_disk_name
> select the files, copy and paste the harddisklocation.
> 2. Bash way:
> Open terminal window. type:
> cd /media/some_disk_name
> cp filename /home/yourname/the_final_location
>
> Taco
>
>

P.S. Suse 11.3 has quite different layout.
I tried the "house" - Home but it there is no CD drive or Media there is
just Floppy drive. I'll figure it out having all these hints.. THANKS
again !


From: Inge Svensson on
2010-07-23 15:44, MacCorkindale skrev:
> On 23/07/10 14:00, taco wrote:
>> MacCorkindale wrote:
>>
>>> Forgive my this embarrassing question - but -
>>> how to copy files/pictures from CD in Suse 11.3 ?
>>> CD drive is seen ok but I have no idea how to copy the contets from
>>> CD to a hard drive.
>>>
>>> TIA
>> Unless 11.3 ha a very much different behaviour in kde4 or gnome (I'm still
>> on 11.0 at work and 11.1 on laptop and 11.2 on home PC ...)
>> 1. The graphical way:
>> Open the kfmclient icon (Looks like a house and opens as a konqueror
>> instance). Browse the CD mountpoint: /media/some_disk_name
>> select the files, copy and paste the harddisklocation.
>> 2. Bash way:
>> Open terminal window. type:
>> cd /media/some_disk_name
>> cp filename /home/yourname/the_final_location
>>
>> Taco
>>
>>
>
> P.S. Suse 11.3 has quite different layout.
> I tried the "house" - Home but it there is no CD drive or Media there is
> just Floppy drive. I'll figure it out having all these hints.. THANKS
> again !
>
>
In openSUSE 11.3 click the Dolphin icon besides the Mozilla Firefox icon
near the "Start menu" Under Places to the left you shold have an icon
for your CD.
From: McInnes on

"Inge Svensson" <ingesvensson(a)orion.vokby.se> wrote in message
news:i2c73b$h3f$1(a)news.albasani.net...
> 2010-07-23 15:44, MacCorkindale skrev:
>> On 23/07/10 14:00, taco wrote:
>>> MacCorkindale wrote:
>>>
>>>> Forgive my this embarrassing question - but -
>>>> how to copy files/pictures from CD in Suse 11.3 ?
>>>> CD drive is seen ok but I have no idea how to copy the contets from
>>>> CD to a hard drive.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>> Unless 11.3 ha a very much different behaviour in kde4 or gnome (I'm
>>> still
>>> on 11.0 at work and 11.1 on laptop and 11.2 on home PC ...)
>>> 1. The graphical way:
>>> Open the kfmclient icon (Looks like a house and opens as a konqueror
>>> instance). Browse the CD mountpoint: /media/some_disk_name
>>> select the files, copy and paste the harddisklocation.
>>> 2. Bash way:
>>> Open terminal window. type:
>>> cd /media/some_disk_name
>>> cp filename /home/yourname/the_final_location
>>>
>>> Taco
>>>
>>>
>>
>> P.S. Suse 11.3 has quite different layout.
>> I tried the "house" - Home but it there is no CD drive or Media there is
>> just Floppy drive. I'll figure it out having all these hints.. THANKS
>> again !
>>
>>
> In openSUSE 11.3 click the Dolphin icon besides the Mozilla Firefox icon
> near the "Start menu" Under Places to the left you shold have an icon
> for your CD.
>

You're right there is only when CD is incerted .

From: mjt on
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:30:44 +0100
"MacCorkindale" <maccorkindale(a)uni.net> wrote:

> Forgive my this embarrassing question - but -
> how to copy files/pictures from CD in Suse 11.3 ?
> CD drive is seen ok but I have no idea how to copy the contets from
> CD to a hard drive.

What desktop environment are you using?

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