Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:58:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jeff Rogers <jlr@soltec.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Error mounting CD ROM & dwhite's answer Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807281156270.21490-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199807250240.VAA24871@photon.soltec.net>
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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Jeff Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Jeff Rogers wrote > > >> Could someone please help me here. I can't mount my > cdrom. @ > >> time I try I get a "cd9660 /dev/wcd0c input/output error" > message. > > > Make sure your CDROM is mounted and is detecting > > correctly on bootup. > > Okay, how do I do this? Is it with "dmsg?" That should be `dmesg', and it displays the boot messages (device probes, etc.) > > What brand/model of CDROM drive do you have? > > It's a Wahrens 24x, which I bought at Best Buy early on this > year. It is ATAPI, and I did install from it, by booting through > it. But accessing it inside FreeBSD won't work. I have an > older Acer 4x, and I thought about giving it a shot. I've heard > that sometimes the "cheaper" CD ROMS, as in mine, from > places like where I bought mine, do tend to cause mysterious > problems. That appears to be the case. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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