From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 20 07:02:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA18397 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 07:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freeside.fc.net ([204.157.153.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA18377 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 07:02:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jdunham@localhost) by freeside.fc.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA10901 for questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:02:00 -0500 From: Jerry Dunham Message-Id: <199609201402.JAA10901@freeside.fc.net> Subject: Re: Cd's and filesystems (fwd) - oops To: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:01:59 -0500 (CDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 08:58:50 -0500 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: freebsd: host not found) ----- The following addresses had delivery problems ----- questions@FreeBSD (unrecoverable error) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 451 grog@lemis.de... timeout waiting for input during client greeting 451 grog@lemis.de... reply: read error from sel1.zit.th-darmstadt.de. 451 grog@lemis.de... reply: read error from mail.zit.th-darmstadt.de. 550 questions@FreeBSD... Host unknown (Name server: freebsd: host not found) ----- Original message follows ----- Greg Lehey babbled: > From grog@lemis.de Fri Sep 20 07:34:11 1996 > > Jerry Dunham writes: > > > > Gary Chrysler babbled: > >> From owner-freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Thu Sep 19 14:50:57 1996 > >> > >> mount /cdrom > >> Works for me! > > > > Sure doesn't seem to work for me. > > Yes, I think Gary should at least have said *why* it works for him. > His /etc/fstab file contains something like > > /dev/cd0a /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 > > When you invoke mount with only argument, it looks in /etc/fstab for > *either* the first *or* the second field in each line, and if it finds > a match it fills in the other information by itself. Have a look: I'm > sure that you have something there, but it might be the mount point > /cd0 instead of /cdrom. /dev/cd0c /cd0 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 So I should be able to just type mount /cd0, right? Lessee.... FreeBSD:/home/dunham 22% mount /cd0 cd9660: /dev/cd0c: Operation not permitted FreeBSD:/home/dunham 23% su su: kerberos: not in root's ACL. Password: su: /usr/games/fortune: No such file or directory === root@rider (/dev/ttyp3) /home/dunham 1 -> mount /cd0 === root@rider (/dev/ttyp3) /home/dunham 2 -> ls /cd0 00_TRANS.TBL RELNOTES.TXT docs install.bat ports 00_index.txt anims fbsdboot.exe kernel tools HARDWARE.TXT atapiflp.bat filename.txt kernel.IDE utils INSTALL.TXT cdrom.cfg floppies makeflp.bat view.exe README.TXT dists inst_ide.bat packages view.pif Yep, it works! Thanks! -- Jerry Dunham Atarian ordinaire (512)432-8598 (O) jdunham@fc.net GS650G (512)335-0674 (H) dunham@isd.tandem.com dunham_jerry@tandem.com There's no such thing as a free lunch.