Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:47:19 -0400 From: "Jesse D. Troy" <jtroy@vt.edu> To: Icebox <gwe1105@ms2.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to access my atapi CDROM file Message-ID: <33AFC1D7.41C67EA6@vt.edu> References: <33AE1B7F.5A0F@ms2.hinet.net> <33AE74B0.41C67EA6@vt.edu> <33AF1077.781C@ms2.hinet.net>
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Icebox wrote: > > Jesse D. Troy wrote: > > > > I have an ATAPI CD ROM and it took me forever to find out how to get it > > to work with FreeBSD. My CD ROM is connected to my IDE controller > > card. I think what I had to do was configure the CD ROM to be the > > secondary master (its just a jumper change on the CD ROM drive--look in > > your manual). Hopefully that will work for you. > > Thanks for your answer for this quiestion and I already set it > right and can use cdrom to install FreeBSD. My question is how to use > the "mount" instruction to mount the cdrom to the directory \cdrom and > access it. > I try many times want to make it likes, > #mount -t cd9660 /dev/rwcd0a /cdrom > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > I try many differnet device name,but it always show > "Block Device Required" on screen,is there any tips I shound know > ? > All you should have to type is "mount /cdrom". If that doesn't work, use something similar to what you were doing: "mount -tcd9660 /dev/wcd0a /cdrom". Notice that this mount command does not have an 'r' in front of the device name 'wcd0a'. YOu were trying to mount the raw device and I think that was your problem. You may also want to check to see if you have something like the following line in your /etc/fstab file: /dev/wcd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 If you don't have this line you will never be able to mount a CD. The device name may be different for you but there should be something similar to this in your /etc/fstab file. > > It sounds like you need to install the xpm package. Start > > /stand/sysinstall and go to Configure/Packages and look for a package > > name that starts with xpm. Install it and then try to install your > > window manager again. THat should do it. > > Yes,you save my life! It works! I use afterstep window > manager,now. > It looks so cool, I don't want use Windows9X again. What window manager > you like best ? > Can you recommand some others cool window manager for me ? By the > way,how to disable the > original window manager which called "TWM" and start x-window with > afterstep window manager? > > Good, I'm glad that was the problem!! To remove the TWM window manager, you need to edit a file in your home directory. Depending on whether you use XDM or not you will either have a file called .xsession or .xinitrc in your home directory. Bring up whichever file you have in your favorite text editor and look for a line that says "exec twm" and replace it with the window manager you want to run. > > > Last question is do you know how to use satellite to make > > > communication ? This'all ! > > > Have a nice day :) > > > > Use a satellite? I don't think I know what you're talking about > > here... > > My thinking is myself write some program and use satellite to > connection with > "Internet". Just like they do in the movies,do you think is it > possibly? > Maybe we can remote satellite to do things for us :) > > If you could do that, I would have no idea how you would. You would need some sort of transmitting equipment which FreeBSD could support and you would need some sort of software to control it (or you would have to write that software). I think the research, time, skill, and money involved in something like that makes it an impossible task for most people. > Last,are you a university student,now ? > > Yes, I am a computer science student at Virginia Tech in Virginia, USA. -Jesse Troy jtroy@vt.edu
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