Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 04:45:23 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Michael Johnson <michael@emjay.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why so many? Message-ID: <20021204024523.GC18625@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <FDE1E170-0723-11D7-A9E0-003065966488@emjay.net> References: <FDE1E170-0723-11D7-A9E0-003065966488@emjay.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 2002-12-03 20:01, Michael Johnson <michael@emjay.net> wrote: > So I decided to go for it...I got a laptop, never booted it into > Windows so I don't pay my M$ tax, downloaded the 4 CDs worth of > stuff, burned the CDs, and booted the laptop from the first CD. I > dodged the Windows bullet. Whew! Yuppie! :-) Welcome to the FreeBSD side of the world. > Now, I have the install CD #1, and three other coasters. I never > was prompted to use the other three CDs. What are they for and if > it's cool stuff, how do I get it off there onto my fresh clean > install of FreeBSD 4.7? The disc2.iso image is a "live filesystem", IIRC. You can use this CD-ROM as a "fixit" disk which, combined with the installation programs of disc1.iso, can be used to repair any installation you make from disc1.iso. The rest of those CD-ROMs contain precompiled versions of `packages'. Packages are programs that you can install on your FreeBSD system. You can install those either as part of your initial system installation, using the package tools provided by sysinstall (the installation program that you see when you boot the first CD-ROM), or later, using the pkg_add, pkg_delete, and related programs. > I already tried the SGI syntax I'm used to and did 'mount CDROM' to no > avail. Then 'mount cdrom' and still nothing. Is there an automount > like in IRIX or OSX/Darwin? Sysinstall should have taken care of this for you. Try looking in the file /etc/fstab to see if it already has a line with options for mounting the CD-ROM. Mine, for instance, includes: keramida@gothmog[04:42]/home/keramida$ grep cdrom /etc/fstab /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 With this line, I can mount my CD-ROMs easily: # mount /cdrom If there is no line for a 'cdrom' in there, you have to find out what the 'device' for your CD-ROM is. If you have an ATAPI CD-ROM like a lot of people, then it's /dev/acd0, and you can try: # mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /mnt This should mount your CD-ROM under /mnt. I hope this helps a bit, and again... Welcome :) - Giorgos PS: You might want to post questions to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org from now on, since freebsd-newbies is not a list for technical questions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20021204024523.GC18625>