From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 9 1:59: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F5F337B40D for ; Thu, 9 May 2002 01:59:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g498kvH70228; Thu, 9 May 2002 01:46:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 01:46:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson To: Charlie Root Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /stand/sysinstall In-Reply-To: <3AF9E1E4.7BBA1B1A@verizon.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 9 May 2001, Charlie Root wrote: > The /stand/sysinstall program > states that the cdrom is not a freebsd cd or too old to be of use??? > > The cd was used to install freebsd 4.5 > > I can cd to the package directory and install programs but the > /stand/sysinstall program throws a fit! > > The mount comman I use: mount -r /cdrom > > thank You, > Douglas V. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Put the CD in the drive and run /stand/sysinstall without mounting the CD. sysinstall mounts it for you. Maybe this will help. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message