Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 09:33:19 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: mitch@hardware.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: Newbe & install trouble with IDE CD-ROM Message-ID: <199606010733.JAA20871@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199606010123.SAA18817@dns2.noc.best.net> from "Mitch James" at May 31, 96 06:27:02 pm
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Mitch James writes: > > 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" >> >> 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. Yes, please do. I can't see where it gets /dev/cd9660 from. And as Doug says, if it says "/cdrom: no such file or directory", the obvious thing is to enter "mkdir /cdrom". >> 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. Thank you. > 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. Well, that's definitely a better choice. Greg
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