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Subject: Re: reading from a CD-ROM?
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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
> >
> >
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> >
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