From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 8 01:09:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC33106566B for ; Thu, 8 May 2008 01:09:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thenudnik@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 772498FC14 for ; Thu, 8 May 2008 01:09:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thenudnik@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so338731ywe.13 for ; Wed, 07 May 2008 18:09:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PH8EyVfDR7p44Wou4R+qfwtO2RoiRXmZ8UZdOCAt2uA=; b=ggNA3eMzEKqmJzCGABjJlSZEDi1vrhNKVwvSdx/mGHruza0tu/4U3p70/Mg4cxYgyo5ewkEEot/lHLXXpI7gVZEwXIRRBrVXtZ0dBB9W31dh98pX9nQrQEoHy0Cnf4oIMIFMKUYpYguPtdcR1u0ODOOCEu9I5ZfG39OYvWkT5tE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=M1RprGaERutRC0Kn7GzdV0hRDYt143PRsstdaPoDuSpANJfM7T9RwfUiOUOlXErch23eNgOxTku9CnxatV2yMvl8VXUy2+l50wQpGvRx3S1v01IJiWxG5PXZ1zOOGGBXdnqk7aGYT2dNA34EXuQdkFYHhMZWqKaQZ733Naxh6QU= Received: by 10.150.69.41 with SMTP id r41mr2794510yba.127.1210208970524; Wed, 07 May 2008 18:09:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dhcppc0.hourly ( [67.235.234.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm5043878ywd.2.2008.05.07.18.09.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 07 May 2008 18:09:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <482252C2.2010704@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 21:09:22 -0400 From: "David M. Patronis" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Bertrand References: <48225087.1000409@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <48225087.1000409@ibctech.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting USB CD-ROM manually, after boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 01:09:35 -0000 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