From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Mar 18 12:13:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from primus.vsservices.com (primus.vsservices.com [63.66.136.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D2937B402 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:13:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from prime.vsservices.com (conr-adsl-dhcp-26-38.txucom.net [209.34.26.38]) by primus.vsservices.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id g2IKCAk16075; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:12:10 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from gclarkii@vsservices.com) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:12:10 -0600 From: GB Clark To: Edmond Nolan Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't mount CDROM Message-Id: <20020318141210.2e8184a0.gclarkii@vsservices.com> In-Reply-To: <20020318011311.86709.qmail@web20004.mail.yahoo.com> References: <200203160310.g2G3A0c07421@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020318011311.86709.qmail@web20004.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.5) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:13:11 -0800 (PST) Edmond Nolan wrote: > Hi All, > > well, well, FreeBSD is a challenge - that's for sure : ) > > 2+ years of messing around with Linux has helped me *some*, but > I still can't mount my CDROM, not as /cdrom or as /dev/can't_remember_the_device_name > I get this error message: > > cd9660 device not configured. > > The strange thing is I can boot and install FreeBSD from the CD, but > once the system's up - no chance of mounting it. Which is a pity coz > it means I can't use /stand/sysinstall : ( > > I had a look at my /etc/fstab, it looks ok to me, i.e. it fits with the > stuff in the "The Complete FreeBSD" book. > > Do I need to do something special to get it going? Build a kernel or > something? > > Regards > > Eddie > > ===== > -- > > consume - be silent - die > Hi, Can we see a dmesg from the machine? Does the machine detect the CDROM when it boots? This would be the place to start. GB -- GB Clark II | Roaming FreeBSD Admin gclarkii@VSServices.COM | General Geek CTHULU for President - Why choose the lesser of two evils? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message