Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:15:18 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Michael Johnson <michael@emjay.net> Cc: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why so many? Message-ID: <20021204111518.GM56031@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <3472065A-0740-11D7-B647-003065966488@emjay.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212031935460.61831-100000@heorot.1nova.com> <3472065A-0740-11D7-B647-003065966488@emjay.net>
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# michael@emjay.net / 2002-12-03 23:23:56 -0500:
> On Tuesday, Dec 3, 2002, at 22:36 US/Eastern, Rick Hamell wrote:
>
> >>So I decided to go for it...I got a laptop, never booted it into
> >>Windows so I don't pay my M$ tax, downloaded the 4 CDs worth of stuff,
> >>burned the CDs, and booted the laptop from the first CD. I dodged the
> >>Windows bullet. Whew!
> >
> > You're better off asking questions in -questions. That's what it
> >exists for. -Newbies exists to point people to resources that may help.
>
> Great...do you think you could point me to a resource to help? I need
> to find out where to find these things myself so I don't disturb the
> restless slumber of the members of the list.
Hm, the recurring problem: newbies are not supposed to ask questions
on this list! :)
Now on to your question: in the manual pages, of course. Although...
I don't actually remember it, but reading mount(8) and
mount_cd9660(8) I would say that I must have had a hell of a time
deducing the right syntax from the man pages when I started playing
with FreeBSD. :)
Anyways, what the man pages say (in the usual cryptometalanguage)
is:
mount [options] device | mountpoint
examples:
mount /dev/acd0c
mount /cdrom
If you ask why the man page says "special" instead of "device", the
answer is: because it doesn't have to be a device.
remotemachine:/exported/filesystem is valid as well, and it's not a
device. The same principle probably applies to the "node" x
"mountpoint" discrepancy, although I can't come up with any example
right now. The man pages have to be correct first, human readable
second. :)
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