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Date:      Thu, 23 Apr 1998 19:22:25 -0400
From:      Sergei Shayevich <serega@bigfoot.com>
To:        sumit@tamu.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to mount cdrom
Message-ID:  <353FCD31.87679378@bigfoot.com>
References:  <353FB97B.1FCF4038@tamu.edu>

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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

Actually it should be /dev/wcd0 and then it may be /dev/wcd0a  or  *c or
whatever.

> It says "device not configured". am I using the wrong
> device or something totally wrong?
>

Make sure that /dev/wcd0 exists and if it's not there, run
"./MAKEDEV wcd0" in /dev to create it.

Then enter
    mount_cd9660 /dev/wcd0 /mnt

Sergei


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