From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 31 18:24:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA29036 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 1996 18:24:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dns2.noc.best.net (dns2.noc.best.net [206.86.0.21]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA29028 for ; Fri, 31 May 1996 18:24:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mitchj.oz.net (ip205.tscnet.com [204.122.19.205]) by dns2.noc.best.net (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id SAA18817; Fri, 31 May 1996 18:23:39 -0700 Message-Id: <199606010123.SAA18817@dns2.noc.best.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Mitch James" Organization: James Lumber & Ace Hardware To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey), questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Questions) Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 18:27:02 -700 Subject: Re: Newbe & install trouble with IDE CD-ROM Reply-to: mitch@hardware.com Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.33) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 31 May 96 at 14:46, Greg Lehey wrote: > 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. I do believe I quoted this vary carefully, remove the quotation marks however. I have let the system sit for a couple of days without any changes, so if you want me to retry this I can. > >> 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". Yes I did Greg, and I also got the book. A fine piece of documentaion too (IMHO). Anyone thinking about trying FreeBSD should get the book. I have concluded that the IDE CD-ROM I was trying to use will not work, it was an off brand to begin with. I just received a SCSI-2 adapter and CD-ROM UPS today. I'm going to start over, I may have missed a little thing somewhere but I've spent too much time finding it. My Thanks to all of you have tried to help. Cheers, Mitch ________________________________________________________________ Mitch James--Poulsbo, Wa Living near Latte' Land mitch@hardware.com James Lumber & Ace Hardware http://www.hardware.com/ Webmaster@waweb.com http://www.hardware.com/complist.html ________________________________________________________________