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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:58:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Jeff Rogers <jlr@soltec.net>
cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Error mounting CD ROM & dwhite's answer
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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Jeff Rogers wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Jeff Rogers wrote
> 
> >> Could someone please help me here.  I can't mount my 
> cdrom. @ 
> >> time I try I get a "cd9660 /dev/wcd0c input/output error" 
> message.
> 
> > Make sure your CDROM is mounted and is detecting > 
> correctly on bootup.
> 
> Okay, how do I do this?  Is it with "dmsg?" 

That should be `dmesg', and it displays the boot messages (device probes,
etc.)

> > What brand/model of CDROM drive do you have?
> 
> It's a Wahrens 24x, which I bought at Best Buy early on this 
> year.  It is ATAPI, and I did install from it, by booting through 
> it.  But accessing it inside FreeBSD won't work.  I have an 
> older Acer 4x, and I thought about giving it a shot.  I've heard 
> that sometimes the "cheaper" CD ROMS, as in mine, from 
> places like where I bought mine, do tend to cause mysterious 
> problems.

That appears to be the case. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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