Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:32:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: cs@mundo-r.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question on FreeBsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104140931110.12464-100000@istar.ca> In-Reply-To: <000b01c0c4e5$431246c0$47403cd5@mundoR.com>
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Hi, If you do a more /etc/fstab you'll see that FreeBSD comes with a line that will allow you to mount your cdrom with the following command: mount /cdrom Have fun with your new system. Dru On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 cs@mundo-r.com wrote: > Hello: > > I've recently downloaded the 4.2 release of Freebsd from an ftp > (ftp2.dk.freebsd.org) to try it. > But during the installation I've had some problems. > I decided to write the distribution in a cd-rom, because I hadn't enough > harddrive space for making a FreeBsd partition and > for copying the distribution to the harddrive to make a DOS installation. > So I boot my computer using the two floppies and then I chose the cd-rom > installation. But when the copying packets' process had to start, it says > that can't found any FreeBsd distribution in the CD-ROM, but it's not true. > > Finally a friend lent me a harddrive, so I could install FreeBsd. But I > still having another problem. The sistem doesn't allow me to mount any of my > cd-rom drives. I use the command: "mount_cd9660 cd0a /mnt/cdrom1". The > sistem says something like "The device is not configured". I've tried tu use > instead of cd0a, cd0b, cd1a, ... But it doesn't work anyway. > But it's very strange, because during the process of boot, the cd-roms are > recognized. > (I've two cd-rom units: "AOpen, Model: CD-952EAKH" and "Yamaha, Model: > 8424E") > > > Thank you. > > PS: I'm sorry if I did any mistakes in the writing of this e-mail, but as > I'm from Spain, my knowledge of english it's not very good. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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