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Date:      Fri, 24 Jul 1998 02:02:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        jlr <jlr@soltec.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: error mounting CDROM
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807240201210.23199-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199807230327.WAA12298@photon.soltec.net>

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On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, jlr wrote:

> I have a new install.  I installed from a CDROM, ATAPI, using CD from
> thelatest book, by Mr. Lehey, a worthy investment, btw.
> 
> Anyhow, every singletime I tried to install as an X User
> throughsysinstall, the machine would lock up during the extraction
> process ofthe xfr86332 files, in particular the servers files.
> 
> Finally I went back in and installed as an "average user."  Then
> Ithought I'd be cute and copy all the files over onto a directory in
> c:\,where Win 95 resides, then mount the partition and install from
> there,with FreeBSD.  However, even then, whenever I get into the
> servers files,it won't copy after so many files copied.
> 
> The CD had scratches on it out of the vinyl yesterday; could this be
> abad CD causing my problem?

Potentially, you might run an md5 check on it and compare with the values
in CHECKSUM.MD5.

> Also, when I try to mount the CDROM using mount -t cd9660
> /dev/wcd0c/cdrom, I get an Input/Output error message.  Any help out
> there?

Odd ...

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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