From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 13 18:52:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA05736 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 18:52:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.136]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA05730 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 18:52:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA00352; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 18:52:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 18:52:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Srilakshmi Sathanoori cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CD problems In-Reply-To: <199609130121.VAA29361@sable.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Subject adjusted. On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Srilakshmi Sathanoori wrote: > I had initally sent my mail to the wrong address. Oops. > I have an Atapi Cd rom drive. I had installed freebsd on my computer from the cd > I had bought from my school (Virginia Tech). I would like to know as to how > should support the device to run my Freebsd without any errors. Question #1: What version are you running? Look at the boot messages or login messages; or run 'uname-a'. > If I have the cd in the drive, freebsd runs without any errors Well, then, what's your problem? :-) I think you meant that it has problems, and get this error message: > such as "files systems not mounted correctly". I haven't seen that. There is a message "Filesystems not dismounted correctly" which you get when you boot up after not running shutdown(8) to close down the system before powering it off. Yes, you can't just turn the machine off! Run Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major