Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:07:00 +0700 From: Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can't mount CD-ROM Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000818130700.008ac980@stjohn.stjohn.ac.th>
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I'm quite puzzled. I'm changing a server from FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE to an installation of 3.2-RELEASE (from a CD-ROM), preparatory to upgrading to STABLE. I copied the settings in fstab over, and now I can't mount the CD-ROM drive. It's not a pressing problem at the moment, because /stand/sysinstall doesn't have any problem reading it and I'm shifting over to working with cvsup, then will use the ports over ftp, but this machine is the server in our computer lab and we want to allow the students to access the CD-ROM. We also use it to install software on other machines on the LAN. The relevant line in fstab is: /dev/wdc0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 2 2 When I run mount /cdrom I get: fstab: Inappropriate file type or format fstab: Inappropriate file type or format mount: /cdrom: unknown special file or file system When I ls /dev/wdc*, I get nothing returned. dmesg shows: wdc0: at 0x1f0 - 0x1f7 irq 14 on isa wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <ST34311A> wd0: 4126MB (8452080 sectors) 8944 cyls, 15 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S wdc0: unit 1 (atapi): <CD-ROM Philips PCA402CDA/T0PP>, removable, dma, iordis acd0: drive speed 6890 KB/sec, 128 KB cache acd0: supported read types: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA I am puzzled about the device numbers, because it seems apparent to me that the first two and the last three lines go together, but why three lines referring to wdc0 and two more referring to acd0? wd0 is my master hard drive and is not giving me any problems. The earlier installation was done by a guy who had been a programmer in Australia and filled the 3.1GB drive 84% full with practically everything on the CD-ROM. He claimed that if anybody ever wanted any software he wanted to have it already installed. Unfortunately it also meant there was no way to upgrade the system, and our high school students are not going to want any of the astronomy, math, cad, etc. programs anyway since all they care about is Windoze, finding sex sites on the Web, and ICQ. Anyway, this guy did a lot of things that I don't understand and don't seem to fit the docs, but they eventually worked. Until I started tweaking things. Sorry for the editorializing, I'm just feeling sorry for myself. Any suggestions about what I can do? I understand that when I make the shift to 4.x-STABLE I will have to use a different designator for the hard drives, but I'm now subscribed to freebsd-stable and accumulating knowledge. This question seemed more appropriate for this list, however. -- Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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