From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 14 7:48: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fbsd.bosa.ca (cr1003901-a.rct1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.37.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EEFB37B496 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 07:47:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kulraj@bosa.ca) Received: from ska1 (h207-230-227-196.dccnet.com [207.230.227.196]) by fbsd.bosa.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CAA7158EB9 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 08:54:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <006201c0c4f1$9cc9b0c0$64c8a8c0@asknet.com> From: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" To: References: <000b01c0c4e5$431246c0$47403cd5@mundoR.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20010414093316.00a00bb0@pop.ulster.net> Subject: Re: Question on FreeBsd Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 07:45:55 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What is you CDROM interface? IDE, SCSI or propreitory Panasonic, Sony or Mitsumi? I believe the propreitory interface are not supported any more, but hopefully someone will correct this if I am wrong. If you have a IDE drive correctly setup in your kernel the you should see output similar to : su-2.04# more /etc/fstab # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 And your kernal config file should include the atapicd : # ATA and ATAPI devices device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15 device ata device atadisk # ATA disk drives device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives #device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives #device atapist # ATAPI tape drives options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering #options ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA #Enable DMA on ATAPI devices If however, you have a propreitory CDROM drive, then I am unable to help :( Hope this helps. Regards, Kulraj Gurm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Landman" To: "Dru" ; Cc: Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 6:45 AM Subject: Re: Question on FreeBsd > At Saturday 4/14/01 09:32 AM, Dru wrote: > > >If you do a > > > >more /etc/fstab > > > >you'll see that FreeBSD comes with a line that will allow you to mount > >your cdrom with the following command: > > > >mount /cdrom > > Hi, > > I'm a newbie so please be gentle :) > > Got FreeBSD 4.2 installed on an old Packard Bell 486/16M/600M hd and when I > type > > more /etc/fstab > > I see devices /dev/ad0s1b,a,f,e and proc. (Let me know if you want me to > transcribe the whole output in detail.) When I try to do a > > mount /cdrom > > the response is > > mount: /cdrom: unknown special file or file system > > I installed from the two floppies and then ftp.freebsd.org with no apparent > problems. That box had W95 on it before and I confirmed that the cdrom > could be used, although on booting windows it complained about a hardware > problem in either the cdrom or motherboard, and device mgr was saying that > a possible virus was in the system. > > I assumed that the old OS had probably gotten hosed up before I ever got > the machine, but didn't bother reinstalling windows to verify this as I > wanted to go right to a FreeBSD install. > > Also, and this must be a \really/ dumb question... how do I access my > floppy drive? I've d/l'd the port for Apache from the freebsd site and > assume if I copy that from a windows created floppy to a ports directory > and run, once I make a PPP connection install will handle the rest? > > Again, sorry but learning something this new to me really is stupefying. > > Marty > > > Face 2 Interface Web Solutions > Content Management Made SIMPL(tm) > http://face2interface.com/Home/SIMPL.shtml > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message