From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 20 14:52:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B99B37B400 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:52:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1FAB43E6E for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:52:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from floess@earthlink.net) Received: from bert.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.227] helo=bert.psp.pas.earthlink.net) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17hGvL-00067S-00 for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:52:27 -0700 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by bert.psp.pas.earthlink.net (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) id g7KLqQi28918 for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:52:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:52:26 -0700 From: To: freebsd support Reply-To: floess@earthlink.net Subject: follow-up accessing my floppy Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: 63.184.73.185 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ok, this is a long one. I had written before about accessing my floppy, and got a few pieces of advice, that put me to work for a while, and one of them included building the mtools port. So, I went to do this. But when I used the makeinstall command in the ports/emulators/mtools directory, I got this response: >>mtools-3.9.8.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles >>internet not working and then I got: >>stop in /usr/ports/emulators/mtools >>***error code 1 Before this attempt to install mtools, I had attempted to access my cdrom, and have since searched your archives for someone who had the same problem accessing their cdrom, which can basically be summarized by the fact that I can cd to my cdrom and cdrom1, but when I ls I don't get anything. The drive doesn't even respond. But here's the address to that guys query (sorry, I guess my mail server doesn't support hyperlinks. http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-users/2001-December/004982.html I followed the advice at that address, and of the subsequent correspondences. As root I tried using the command lines: #mkdir /tmp/cdrom #mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /tmp/cdrom and got the message: cd9660: /dev/acd0: noi such file or directory When I tried to mount my floppy using: #mkdir /tmp/floppy #mount -t msdos /dev/acd0 /tmp/floppy I got this error: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 of 0-3 (no status) I also tried several variations of these. This is an extraction from my dmesg had these lines: fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" DRIVE> on fdc0 drive 0 acd0: DVD-ROM at ata1-master using PIO4 acd0: CD-RW at ata1-slave using PIO4 When all my attempts to get something to workout for me failed, I looked in my /dev directory, and found it strange that fd0 and acd0 weren't even in there. Is that normal, or is there something wrong here? I tried using cd0a, which was in there to mount my cdrom that way, and got the message: cd9660: /dev/cd0a: device not cnfigured I kind of figured this wouldn't work but just thought I should at least try.I realize this is long, and don't really expect all my probs solved, but any kind of progress at this point would really be nice. I'm running FreeBSD 4.5. Thanx, Desmond To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message