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paul,
thank you for your response.  i have tried both mount _cd9660 
/dev/acd0c /cdrom as well as mount /cdrom since this is the mount point 
listed in the fstab for acd0c and i still get the same error.

On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 02:43 PM, Paul Tsai wrote:

> hey michelle,
>
> First off for mounting cd's in freebsd I believe you type
> mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c <directory to mount>
>
> Now to avoid all that typing you can check your fstab file in your 
> /etc directory
> if there is an entry for your device (/dev/acd0c) all you need to do 
> to nmount it is type
>
> mount  <mount point in fstab>
> e.g. mount /cdrom
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Paul
>
> Michelle Weeks wrote:
>
>> i'm trying to mount /dev/acd0c and i keep getting the error "device 
>> not configured".  the freebsd handbook states that either the drive 
>> does not think there is a cd in the tray or the machine can't see the 
>> drive on the bus.  i've put the cd in the tray several times, tried 
>> multiple cds that can be read by another freebsd machine and still 
>> the error "device not configured".  this is a production server and i 
>> would like to avoid bringing the server down if at all possible.  is 
>> there a way to tell if the machine can see the cdrom drive on the 
>> bus?  or is there something else that could be causing this behavior?
>>
>> thanks in advance for any help or advice.
>>
>> -michelle
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