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Date:      Mon, 28 Aug 1995 21:42:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        "Ken S. Chun" <kenc@jcis.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tech Supports
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.950828214046.13060I-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9508282047.AA19632@jcis.com>

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On Mon, 28 Aug 1995, Ken S. Chun wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> I am trying to install and test Free BSD 2.0.5.
> When the Free BSD CD_ROM was in the CD ROM drive, system boots up well.
> But the system does not boot up without the CD ROM in the CD ROM  
> drive  with the following Message on the screen.
> 	
> 	cd9660: /dev/cd0a: Device not Configured
> 	Filesystem mount failed, Startup aborted
> 	Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
> 
> Please give me the direction how to boot from the Hard Disk even  
> without the Free BSD CD ROM. Thanks for your help.
> 
> 
> from Ken Chun
>      Phone: (510) 659-8440
>      E Mail: kenc@jcis.com

Just saw this question.  Look at file /etc/fstab, which is used to 
automatically mount filesystems.  Find the line with /dev/cd0a in it, and
delete it.  You won't have that problem anymore, but neither will you 
have the stuff in the cdrom drive automatically mounted anymore.

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