From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Aug 25 7:26:23 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 7FCE514E50 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:26:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wayne@reliant.pmr.com) Received: (from wayne@localhost) by reliant.pmr.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA08670; Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:24:34 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from wayne) Message-ID: <19990825092434.A8660@reliant.pmr.com> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:24:34 -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: <19990825091857.A8540@reliant.pmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1 In-Reply-To: <19990825091857.A8540@reliant.pmr.com>; from Wayne Willcox on Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 09:18:57AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG opps, forgot this is the entry in your /etc/fstab. Then all you have to do in the future is mount /cdrom. On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 09:18:57AM -0500, Wayne Willcox wrote: > 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 -- 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