From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Aug 25 7:20:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from reliant.pmr.com (reliant.pmr.com [207.170.114.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 540EB14E50 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:20:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wayne@reliant.pmr.com) Received: (from wayne@localhost) by reliant.pmr.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA08626; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:18:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from wayne) Message-ID: <19990825091857.A8540@reliant.pmr.com> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:18:57 -0500 From: Wayne Willcox To: "Thomas G. Cleghorn" , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to mount a CD.........in 250 easy steps Reply-To: Wayne Willcox References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1 In-Reply-To: ; from Thomas G. Cleghorn on Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 04:20:01PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ... Wayne Willcox I will not eat green eggs and ham wayne@reliant.pmr.com I will not eat them Sam I Am!! A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. -- Chinese proverb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message