Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 21:09:22 -0400 From: "David M. Patronis" <thenudnik@gmail.com> To: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting USB CD-ROM manually, after boot Message-ID: <482252C2.2010704@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48225087.1000409@ibctech.ca> References: <48225087.1000409@ibctech.ca>
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Steve Bertrand wrote: > Hi everyone, > > To get right to the chase, FBSD 7.0, I plug in an external USB CD-ROM > device with a CD (of FreeBSD 7.0) and I want to mount it manually into > the filesystem. > > The device shows up with a label, and appears as /dev/cd0 (in dmesg). > > # mount /dev/cd0 /cdrom > > ...fails, with a: > > mount: /dev/cd0 : Invalid Argument > > I have nothing else in /dev that would indicate any new device was > attached. I know for fact the .iso is burned correctly, because I can > boot from the same CD on another PC. Even still, a bad ISO burn still > shouldn't prevent me from mounting AFAIK. > > I've also tried all manner of cd0a etc, but they don't exist. (I can > confirm cd0 is the only entry that appears in /dev after USB insertion). > > Can anyone shed some quick light onto the solution that I am likely > purely overlooking? > > Thanks, > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Try this: mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt If that doesnt work try "acd0". This works on my system at any rate. David
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