Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 14:38:24 +0000 From: dev2 <devnull@chello.nl> To: Jukka =?iso-8859-1?Q?Simil=E4?= <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com> Cc: 'Robin Becker' <robin@reportlab.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: reading from a CD-ROM? Message-ID: <3A8E8CDF.7F46B45C@chello.nl> References: <8F68F32EB034D311A4A700508B4417D704108A5C@RATATOSK.sveg.se.sykes.com>
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Riiight, But what IS the purpose of -newbies .. other than asking stupid newbie questions ? Everybody used to be a newbie.. And if u feel agrevated by stupid newbie questions then u are no longer a newbie and have no business being in this group Devnull Jukka Similä wrote: > Once again, do not ask or answer questions in -newbies, it might > cause you more trouble than you already have.. > try -questions instead. > > to read files, mount /cdrom is definitely not enough. > might wanna try > >su > *passwd* > #mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom > #ls /cdrom > > and if your cdrom device is not acd0, then just replace that with > the correct device. > you might want to look at "man mount" and "ls /dev/ | more" > -lots of interesting information.. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robin Becker [mailto:robin@reportlab.com] > > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 12:58 AM > > To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org > > Subject: Re: reading from a CD-ROM? > > > > > > In article <3A8DB015.66D788AF@home.com>, sound byte <sound- > > byte1@home.com> writes > > >I am pretty sure my question has been answered before. I have been > > >looking for quite some time but have not been able to find an answer. > > > > > >I have been able to install freebsd on my computer but have > > no clue as > > >to how I can copy/read files from either my floppy or cd-rom drive. > > > > > >any help will be welcome! > > > > > >thanks > > > > > >imran > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > have you tried > > % mount /cdrom > > % ls /cdrom > > > > -- > > Robin Becker > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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