From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 6 10:36:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA12109 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 10:36:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA12104 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 10:36:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA04421; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 10:30:53 -0800 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 10:30:52 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Kazem Akbari cc: akbari@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, support@cdrom.com, xfree86@xfree86.org Subject: Re: Question regarding CD-Drive access and XF86 In-Reply-To: <199603060657.BAA08196@fluorite.CES.CWRU.Edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Kazem Akbari wrote: > It has been for past three weeks which I am struggling to install > and test the XFree86 on my computer but in spite of all my efforts the > resolution is really terrible and I cannot do anything to fix it. It would be nice if you would tell us what the problem is :) > In > the mean time, I do not know how to have access to CD-Drive in the > Unix system to read from (i.e., %> D: in DOS for example). It will be > greatly appreciated if you give me a detailed direction for the > successful installation of the XFree86 and having access to the > "Floppy and CD drivers". What UNIX are you using? FreeBSD? If so, I need to know what kind of CDROM you have, where it is connected, and some generic machine details (cpu, disks, etc). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major