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Date:      Sun, 14 Jan 2001 14:58:02 +0100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl>
To:        joe davey <jdavey@unixnet.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mounting /cdrom
Message-ID:  <20010114145802.L94930@d9168.upc-d.chello.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20010114123638.joedavey@plus.net>; from jdavey@unixnet.co.uk on Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 12:36:38PM -0000
References:  <20010114123638.joedavey@plus.net>

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On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 12:36:38PM -0000, joe davey wrote:
> when i want to install somthing from the ports collection i mount the cd
> with:
> mount /cdrom (somtimes this works but not properly)
> then i move to the directory 
> cd /usr/ports/x11/kde2
> then: make
> i get a huge list of ftp sites that i didn't connect to. i assume that the

A port will be installed fro mthe source, that means that it will
download all the information needed from various ftp and http
servers and then build it. If you wanted to install the package
(i.e. the binary), do not mount the cd but execute /stand/sysinstall,
choose configure, packages, the package you want and then "install" :-)

> cd drive wasn't mounted ?? other times when i try to mount the cd i get
> messeges like: cd9660:device busy or I/O error.

That's "normal" when a cd has just been inserted and the cdrom-player
is checknig the cd for information. Just wait a couple of seconds
until the player stops spinning and retry again with "mount /cdrom".

Edwin

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