Mounting a DVD - Red Hat Enterprise 6.2

Insert the DVD in the DVD-ROM and run the following command:

# mkdir /media/redhat-dvd
# mount -t auto /dev/dvd /media/redhat-dvd
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
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Run this command to check if the mounting was successful:

# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_airtelug-lv_root
                       50G  1.7G   46G   4% /
tmpfs                  12G     0   12G   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1             485M   37M  423M   9% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg_airtelug-lv_home
                      195G  188M  185G   1% /home
/dev/sr0              3.4G  3.4G     0 100% /media/redhat-dvd
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