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Date:      Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:37:25 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Hugh <hugh@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Dell cdrom - ATAPI IDE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310103644.14397R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3504C46A.1CFBAE39@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu>

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On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Hugh wrote:

> I have this Dell Dimensions XPS 233 at work.
> 
> I'd like to install off the CDROM (ATAPI IDE) and though it seems
> to recognize it at boot-up, I can't seem to mount it.

Can you be more specific?  Don't forget that you need to specify `-t
cd9660' on the mount command line to mount CDs.  And don't try to mount
audio CDs. :)

> I managed to get a barebones unix on the system with a install
> from a DOS partition, but attempts to mount the CDROM still gives me
> device I/O errors.

Odd... can I see the output of `dmesg'?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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