Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:06:35 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Dave Page <davecpage@earthlink.net>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mounting CD rom Message-ID: <387E92BB.30021B9A@twave.net> References: <200001140256.VAA45889@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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To sum this all up, make sure you have a cd in the drive before you mount
it.
"Crist J. Clark" wrote:
> Dave Page wrote,
> [snip]
> > /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto
> >
> > 3. When I try "mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/acd0c /cdrom" I
> > get "cd96690: Input/output error" (/cdrom is where I'd like
> > to mount it)
> >
> > Obviously the system knows the drive is there. Am I
> > entering the command wrong? (If you have the time, please
> > walk me through this step-by-step. Total newbie.) It's not
> > mounted *already*, is it? I've tried going to the /cdrom
> > directory and doing an ls with a cd in the drive--I get
> > nothing.
>
> It will not mount automatically. You are using the command
> correctly. The error message you are getting is most often associated
> with two problems, (1) the CDROM has not had the chance to spin-up
> yet, or (2) the CDROM in the drive does not have a valid filesystem on
> it.
>
> To solve (1), wait until your activity light on the CDROM comes on and
> then turns back off when the disk is loaded before running the
> command.
>
> For (2), this _is_ a CD with an ISO9660 filesystem on it, right? Not
> an audio CD? Try another CD with a filesystem.
> --
> Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
>
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