From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 4 3:15:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E245437B401 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 03:15:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 577FC43EA9 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 03:15:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from lilith.bellavista.cz ([10.1.0.1]) by bellavista.cz (8.9.3/8.9.8) with ESMTP id MAA23154; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:15:21 +0100 Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by lilith.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95E41246; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 13:13:51 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 05B8A2FDAF5; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:15:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:15:18 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Michael Johnson Cc: Rick Hamell , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why so many? Message-ID: <20021204111518.GM56031@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Michael Johnson , Rick Hamell , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org References: <3472065A-0740-11D7-B647-003065966488@emjay.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3472065A-0740-11D7-B647-003065966488@emjay.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org # 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. :) -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message