From 62c5d683956579b24dfb9495b864923a4b9e0b9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dancingonadragon <50336484+dancingonadragon@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 08:38:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update optical-discs.md More verbose language on just how to use a USB optical drive. --- common-tasks/optical-discs.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/common-tasks/optical-discs.md b/common-tasks/optical-discs.md index 028857c2..97b262d0 100644 --- a/common-tasks/optical-discs.md +++ b/common-tasks/optical-discs.md @@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ Currently, the only options for reading and recording optical discs (e.g., CDs, 3. Use a SATA optical drive attached to dom0. (**Caution:** This option is [potentially dangerous](/doc/security-guidelines/#dom0-precautions).) +To access an optical disc via USB follow the [typical procedure for attaching a USB device](/doc/usb-devices/#with-the-command-line-tool) (using the device-manager-icon widget is buggy) then check with the device-manager-icon widget to see what device in the target qube the USB optical drive was attached to. Typically this would be "sr0". For example, if sys-usb has device 3-2 attached to work qube's sr0 you would mount it with "$ mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/removable". You could also write to a disc with "$ wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 -eject /home/user/Qubes.iso" +