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From: PVinci@ix.netcom.com (Paul Vinciguerra)
Subject: Re: How do I access my removable drives???
To: David Bauer <dabauer@hooked.net>
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You wrote: 

>
> 
>I just got FreeBSD installed on my system. Now, I found a book called 
"BSD
>4.4-Lite CD-ROM Companion" which has all the documentation for using 
the
>system. There's just one little problem, how in the world do I see my
>CD-ROM drive? The book says to enter the command "mount -r -t cd9660
>/dev/sd1a /cdrom" if your CD-ROM is on SCSI unit 1. My CD-ROM is on 
SCSI
>unit 5, how do I access that? I tried to type in the command as shown 
and I
>got an "invalid device" command.  

I use a mitsumi drive and have to enter mount_cd9660 /dev/mcd0a /mnt 
(or /cdrom)

  
>Also, how do I access my floppy drives 

mount /dev/fd0a.1440 /mnt (or mount_msdos....)

and (most importantly, so I can do a backup) my Tape Drive (HP DAT 
drive)??? (I have a Bernoulli too!) 

I guess that for the tape youould need some /dev/st??  

[I'm new to FreeBSD and am just trying to share my experience ... If 
this is wrong or there is a better way, please let me know...]

Paul Vinci