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Date:      Sun, 17 Mar 2002 20:19:43 -0600
From:      Scott Corey <scott@bsdprophet.org>
To:        Edmond Nolan <edmond_nolan@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't mount CDROM
Message-ID:  <20020318021943.GA3010@bsdprophet.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020318011311.86709.qmail@web20004.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <200203160310.g2G3A0c07421@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020318011311.86709.qmail@web20004.mail.yahoo.com>

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Right from the FAQ:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#CDROM-NOT-CONFIGURED

On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 05:13:11PM -0800, Edmond Nolan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> well, well, FreeBSD is a challenge - that's for sure : )
> 
> 2+ years of messing around with Linux has helped me *some*, but
> I still can't mount my CDROM, not as /cdrom or as /dev/can't_remember_the_device_name
> I get this error message:
> 
> cd9660 device not configured.
> 
> The strange thing is I can boot and install FreeBSD from the CD, but
> once the system's up - no chance of mounting it. Which is a pity coz
> it means I can't use /stand/sysinstall : (
> 
> I had a look at my /etc/fstab, it looks ok to me, i.e. it fits with the
> stuff in the "The Complete FreeBSD" book.
> 
> Do I need to do something special to get it going? Build a kernel or
> something?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Eddie
> 
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