From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 31 07:33:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA15482 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 1996 07:33:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from diablo.ppp.de (diablo.ppp.de [193.141.101.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA15466 for ; Fri, 31 May 1996 07:33:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from allegro.lemis.de by diablo.ppp.de with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0uPVGf-000QZVC; Fri, 31 May 96 16:33 MET DST From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) Organisation: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, 36325 Feldatal, Germany Phone: +49-6637-919123 Fax: +49-6637-919122 Received: (grog@localhost) by allegro.lemis.de (8.6.9/8.6.9) id OAA26381; Fri, 31 May 1996 14:46:25 +0200 Message-Id: <199605311246.OAA26381@allegro.lemis.de> Subject: Re: Newbe & install trouble with IDE CD-ROM To: dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 14:46:25 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Questions) In-Reply-To: <199605282129.OAA23728@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at May 28, 96 02:29:42 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Doug White writes: >> 'mount_cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /cdrom' >> results:"mount /dev/cd9660 : no such flile or directory" > > Ditto here. Since you didn't install from CD it probably neglected to make > this directory. I don't believe this. I think the message was misquoted. I can't see any way that this message could come from this input. >> What should I do now? re-install after copying more dirs from CD to MS-dos >> slice? Go out and buy a new SCSI CD-Rom? Any suggestions are appreciated. > > Buying a SCSI CD isn't such a bad idea. But I wouldn't waste money just to > get the same error. :-) Did you (Mitch) get the CD-ROM from Walnut Creek? Then go out and take up their offer for a free copy of "Installing and Running FreeBSD". Greg