Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 01:01:29 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Wilfred Crespo <cx6x86@ix.netcom.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CDROM Message-ID: <38815EB9.F41E3DC6@twave.net> References: <4.3.0.25.20000115231057.00a63500@popd.ix.netcom.com>
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--------------8543CF2E7760A3C372D4A62A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Wilfred Crespo wrote: > Hi!, I installed FreeBSD on to my laptop via ethernet-ftp, because my > laptop has a swap port and can only accept a cdrom or a floppy at any one > time. I booted with the floppies and told it to install ftp after i > configured the ethernet card. It finished the install and the machine is > booting fine, the only problem is that, when i put my cdrom in the port and > turn on my machine, FreeBSD will not recognize my cdrom drive. I wanted to > know, does the cdrom have to be in the port during the install for it to > work in freebsd? (if that's so, I am like really screwed because I can't do > that ) Thanks hope to hear from you guys , > Later You need to put an entry in you /etc/fstab file similar to the following: # Device Mountpoint Fstype Options Dump Pass # /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 Do mkdir /cdrom if it doesn't already exist. Then place a cd in the drive and type 'mount /dev/acd0c /cdrom'. Check dmesg to see what kind of drive you have, mine happens to be /dev/acd0. -- Walter in·tel·lec·tu·al (ntl-kch-l) n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. --------------8543CF2E7760A3C372D4A62A Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Wilfred Crespo wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi!, I installed FreeBSD on to my laptop via ethernet-ftp, because my <br>laptop has a swap port and can only accept a cdrom or a floppy at any one <br>time. I booted with the floppies and told it to install ftp after i <br>configured the ethernet card. It finished the install and the machine is <br>booting fine, the only problem is that, when i put my cdrom in the port and <br>turn on my machine, FreeBSD will not recognize my cdrom drive. I wanted to <br>know, does the cdrom have to be in the port during the install for it to <br>work in freebsd? (if that's so, I am like really screwed because I can't do <br>that ) Thanks hope to hear from you guys , <br>Later</blockquote> You need to put an entry in you /etc/fstab file similar to the following: <p># Device Mountpoint Fstype Options Dump Pass # <br>/dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 <p>Do mkdir /cdrom if it doesn't already exist. Then place a cd in the drive and type 'mount /dev/acd0c /cdrom'. <br>Check dmesg to see what kind of drive you have, mine happens to be /dev/acd0. <br> <pre>-- Walter in·tel·lec·tu·al (ntl-kch-l) n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence.</pre> </html> --------------8543CF2E7760A3C372D4A62A-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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