From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 24 04:38:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA29124 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 04:38:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [212.110.138.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA29112 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 04:38:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.9.2/8.9.2/UCB) id OAA08311; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:37:16 +0200 (EET) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:37:15 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: DrdeHaerne@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Very anoying CDROM mounting issue Message-ID: <19990124143715.A6765@ucb.crimea.ua> Mail-Followup-To: DrdeHaerne@aol.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3de8b06d.36ab0fe6@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.17i In-Reply-To: <3de8b06d.36ab0fe6@aol.com>; from DrdeHaerne@aol.com on Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 07:19:50AM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi! Do you have options "CD9660" #ISO 9660 filesystem line in your kernel config file? On Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 07:19:50AM -0500, DrdeHaerne@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > I just finished installing freebsd 2.2.7 (walnut creek cds) from the CDROM > drive, and it worked fine. > > Now when I try to mount my cdrom (a generic IDE cdrom) I always get the same > error. Here is an extract of one of my attempts (and failure): > > myname# /sbin/mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /cdrom > cd9660: /dev/wcd0c: Device not configured > What `dmesg' says about your CD-ROM drive? > I think I've narrowed down the problem to the fact that I do not see wcd0 > being probed at bootup. > > Although in my custome kernel, I do have these two lines in my config file: > > =================== > options ATAPI > device wcd0 > =================== > > I did do a /dev/MAKEDEV wcd0 (a suggestion often made in the freebsd.org > archives) > > Also If I did a /dev/MAKEDEV wcd01, then in my /cdrom directory, I would find: > rw* (* being every hdd slice another adive often found in the freebsd.org > archives) > > So after rebooting and trying the above, it still would not help. > > The cdrom is set correctly (jumperwise, and so on). I have been working on > this all night and I am simply clueless. > > So like I said above, it must be a problem at the bootup.. but why would my > kernel not probe the cdrom, even though it was set up right in the config > file? So then I look at my floppy drive, which IS probed during bootup, but I > do not find fdc0 in /dev. > > So then I tried doing /dev/MAKEDEV fdc0, and I get this error: > bad unit for disk in: fdc0 > > If that would of worked I was going to set it accordingly in my /etc/fstab > (even though I am unsure of the exact syntax) ... yet if the device is probed, > yet I try to add it to /dev and it still does not work!?! > > Any and all help would be really appreciated > > Sincerely, > A new and frustrated user Attach your full /sys/i386/conf/XXX, copy of /var/run/dmesg.boot, the output of `ls -l /dev/wcd0*' command. This will help us to help you. Regards, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message