From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 2 16:27:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.twave.net (twave.net [206.100.228.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C127637BAD2 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:27:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) Received: from [12.21.241.6] by mail.twave.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/1.abwg) with ESMTP id ha900699 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 19:25:31 -0500 Received: from Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA62185; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 19:25:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) From: Walter Brameld To: Ron Smith , FreeBSD Subject: Re: Can't mount CD-ROM Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 19:22:15 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain References: <38BD9F72.C40E41DB@mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <38BD9F72.C40E41DB@mediaone.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00030219250901.62159@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Might need a little more info to help troubleshoot your problem, such as what dmesg shows and possibly the pertinent section of your kernel config. FYI, if you have the device described in /etc/fstab it is not necessary to give the full command to mount the cd. A simple "mount /cdrom" will suffice. For some reason whenever I send something to this list, I find myself talking funny...... On Wed, 01 Mar 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Ron Smith wrote: > I can't seem to find any mention of the problem I'm having in the errata > or on the site. Here's what's happening: > > I'll go: > > mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom > > the file system will mount just fine. > > I'll go: > > umount /cdrom > > the file system will unmount just fine. But, if I try to mount again, it > doesn't work. I have to reboot before I can execute a proper 'mount' > after a 'umount'. > > 'cat /etc/fstab' says: > > /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 > > Everything looks fine to me. I'm running FreeBSD3.4 > > TIA > Ron Smith > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Walter Brameld in·tel·lec·tu·al n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message