Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 23:41:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Paul Gregg <pdgregg@ww-interlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: atapi cdrom support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971102234038.25042L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <345D1E37.14B8248C@ww-interlink.net>
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On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Paul Gregg wrote: > After some wailing and gnashing of teeth got freebsd 2.2.2 up and > running. Thanks to those who helped. Have moved from that to > modification of kernel for cdrom support. Edited kernel.generic and left > in atapi cdrom support options. On bootup cdrom is probed but media type > not recognized. Also left in options CD9660. Did you leave in `device wcd0' as well? Post your boot output and we'll take a look at it. > What is the proper syntax to mount cdrom from command line? > (have looked at man mount and its a little cryptic for unix newbie) mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /mnt will bring the CD up on /mnt. > Should the lines in the generic kernel work "as is" for an atapi type > cdrom? Yes. > >From what I've read so far if installation or mounting is successful > files on cdrom will be available in cdrom dir in root? Well, change /mnt to /cdrom and it will. > Thanks again for the support and the work in creating this alternative > to mickey soft > dependence! No problem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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