From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 29 17: 7:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.alpha.net.au (mail2.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A5CD37B636 for ; Mon, 29 May 2000 17:07:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (surry-pool-226.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.226] (may be forged)) by mail.alpha.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA26056; Tue, 30 May 2000 10:09:55 +1000 From: Danny To: "Mark A. Hummel" , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Directory confusion ??? Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 10:15:05 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <39331FF4.9269F630@ispchannel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00053110152608.00328@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try cd / On Tue, 30 May 2000, Mark A. Hummel wrote: > Once my CD ROM is mounted, I can list the files on it and everything seems to > work fine, but how do I get back to my BSD hard drive from the command prompt > (#)? > > Mark > > Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mark A. Hummel > > Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 9:03 AM > > To: freebsd-questions > > Subject: Why can't I cd to some of my directories? > > > > Greetings, > > > > I'm re-sending this in plain text... sorry about the html codes in the > > last post. > > > > Sometimes when I try to cd to a directory like /usr/local/... I get an > > error message reading: Can't cd to ... > > I then try to cd one level down at a time. cd /usr then pwd to find > > out I actually made the trip. Then cd local and I get something like, > > "Sorry, can't cd to /usr/local." Why? I'm logged in as root. > > > > Now that I'm thinking about it, after I mount my CD ROM, I can see the > > files on it and everything, but, for some reason, I can't unmount it and > > I can't get back to a directory on my BSD hard drive where root is > > mounted. What's up? > > > > Sounds to me like your mounting the CDROM off of root. If you mount > > something to a directory you effectively hide anything below it in the file > > system. i.e. if you mount your cdrom off of / then everything in your file > > system is covered by the cdrom. Most people make a directory entry like > > /cdrom to mount cdroms to. > > > > BTW, I'm sure you'll all be happy to know that I just got an email > > confirmation that my Complete FreeBSD 4.0 Book was shipped yesterday > > (May 26) from Walnut Creek. > > > > Until then you still have the on-line handbook and FAQ. > > > > Thanks > > > > Mark > > > > 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 -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message