From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 23 15:02:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA05081 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:02:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from capricorn.loopback.com (capricorn.loopback.com [205.243.146.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA04941 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:01:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from elazich@capricorn.loopback.com) Received: from localhost (elazich@localhost) by capricorn.loopback.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA26881; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:55:16 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:55:16 -0500 (CDT) From: Eli Lazich To: Sumit Gupta cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to mount cdrom In-Reply-To: <353FB97B.1FCF4038@tamu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG the device names is based on the controller type, for example if you had an IDE controller your cdrom would be something like /dev/wcd0c. You also need to specify at the command-line how mount should mount the filesystem, mount_cd9660 or mount -t "fsname". first find out what type of cdrom you have. Eli On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Sumit Gupta wrote: > This is a simple question but I am kinda new at all this. > How do I mount my cdrom. I did not create the link to > access the ports collection at install time. > > I tried mount /dev/cd0a /cdrom and > mount /dev/cd0c /cdrom > > It says "device not configured". am I using the wrong > device or something totally wrong? > > thanks > Sumit > sumit@tamu.edu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message