Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 08:14:34 -0500 (EST) From: Uncle Flatline <flatline@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu> To: Prashanth Mylvarabatla <mylvarab@plains.NoDak.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrom mount Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980206080917.3549A-100000@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.980206012308.21257B-100000@plains.NoDak.edu>
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On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Prashanth Mylvarabatla wrote: > > I am not able to mount my cdrom.When I used dmesg it showed > > dev wdc1 but this was not there in my /dev directory so I tried > > creating it used MAKEDEV but it gives me error bad unit on disk. > > how do I configure it?? > > > > my cdrom is atapi type I'm no expert (but I play one on the Internet). Unless the above has a typo, I'd start with: wdc is not equal to wcd My week-old understanding of FreeBSD is: wdc is the controller on which your non-SCSI disks and CD-ROM's sit, wcd is a generic ATAPI CD-ROM cdrom. Hope this leads you in the right direction. -- Kevin Cole <Flatline> | E-mail: flatline@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu Gallaudet Research Institute | WWW: http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/ Hall Memorial Bldg S-419 | Voice: (202) 651-5135 Washington, D.C. 20002-3695 | FAX: (202) 651-5746
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