From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 26 23:53:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA22705 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 23:53:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA22700 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 23:53:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.054 #1) id 0zjIif-0006cN-00; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 07:53:38 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id HAA01491; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 07:53:00 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA01004; Fri, 27 Nov 98 07:52:58 GMT Message-Id: <365E5A2C.60F866F9@uk.radan.com> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 07:52:12 +0000 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: larry_nilsen Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: mount /cdrom References: <365E21EC.FC3704E0@eee.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG larry_nilsen wrote: > > mount /dev/wcd0c > mount:/cdrom:No such file or directory > mount /cdrom > mount: /cdrom:No such file or directory > 1) what am i doing wrong. The error message says it all. The mount point directory (/cdrom) doesn't exist. As root, type ``mkdir /cdrom'', and try ``mount /cdrom'' or ``mount /dev/wcd0c'' again. HTH -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message