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Date:      Thu, 1 May 1997 08:13:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jim Service <jservice@OHT.Hydro.ON.CA>
To:        francisco@natserv.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't mount Live File System for 2.2.1 (update)
Message-ID:  <199705011213.IAA14707@pc-servicej.rd.hydro.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <199705010129.VAA22988@federation.addy.com> (francisco@natserv.com)

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>>>>> "Francisco" == Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com> writes:

Francisco> Got the "/cdrom" line from a backup of the fstab.
Francisco> Now when I try "mount /cdrom" I get a "no such file or directory".
Francisco> The CD rom IS been recognised at boot time. Any ideas?

The directory /cdrom has to exist before you can mount a device on it:

% ls -ld /cdrom
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     wheel         512 Mar  3 05:38 /cdrom
% grep cdrom /etc/fstab
/dev/wcd0c		/cdrom	cd9660		ro,noauto	0	0

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