Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:18:57 -0500 From: Wayne Willcox <wayne@reliant.pmr.com> To: "Thomas G. Cleghorn" <tommygun@uunet.co.za>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to mount a CD.........in 250 easy steps Message-ID: <19990825091857.A8540@reliant.pmr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990825160831.16546f-100000@argonaut.ops.iafrica.com>; from Thomas G. Cleghorn on Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 04:20:01PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990825160831.16546f-100000@argonaut.ops.iafrica.com>
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It is easy, here it is for a scsi drive. You will have to use
your own device name though.
/dev/cd0a /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0
On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 04:20:01PM +0200, Thomas G. Cleghorn wrote:
> Hi there,
> Im a relative newbie. I installed BSD 3.2 with no problems from
> the 4 volume CD set. I then decided Id like to look through the CD myself
> and try to mount it, how......
> I found the syntax (man mount etc)and wanted to mount it on /cdrom but was
> unsure of 'special'. Anyway, grep`d FAQs and Handbook in vain for any
> answers. In the end I ran /stand/sysinstall, changed to a different
> console did a df and found what I was looking for /dev/wcd0c (I think).
> wcd0c does not appear in my dmesg, where was I meant to find the info?
> For a newbie should not getting a cd to work be relatively easy or at
> least documented in the handbook or FAQs?
>
> Thomas Cleghorn<---Not too pathetic sounding I hope.
>
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