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From: Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga <atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br>
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Subject: Re: cd rom
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on Thursday, 8 Jun 2000 16:08:53, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 06:53:36PM -0700, Jack Wang wrote:
> > Once I install the FreeBSD , does anybody knows how to access
> > the cd-rom do I need to mount os just go to /cdrom directory
> > 
> > but When I inserted my cdrom and went to /cdrom it is empty when I do ls
> 
> You have to mount the cdrom before it can be seen by the O/S. If you've
> installed the system with a cdrom, you should already have an entry
> for it in /etc/fstab; and should be able to just do:
> 
> 	mount /cdrom
> 
> Otherwise, you'll have to use
> 
> 	mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom
> or	mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0 /cdrom

Another way (in fact the same) is:

mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom

> 
> depending on whether you've got an ATAPI CDROM reader or a SCSI one.
> 
> Cheers.
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 Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga            atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br
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