Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:49:16 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: adrian@virginia.edu Cc: jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting a goddamn cd!! Message-ID: <199711201649.KAA01489@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.90.971120104219.24856D-100000@stretch.cs.Virginia.edu> from "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" at "Nov 20, 97 10:49:14 am"
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In a previous message, Adrian T. Filipi-Martin said: > On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Jacques Hugo wrote: > > > Hi there > > > > Short and sweet: > > > > dmesg: > > (ahc0:5:0): "PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-20TS 1.00" type 5 removable SCSI 2 > > cd0(ahc0:5:0): CD-ROM can't get the size > > > > Q: What does "CD-ROM can't get the size" mean? It means you don't have a CD in the drive at boot time so the OS has no way of knowing how big the disk is. > > $bash#mount -r /dev/cd0c /mnt > > /dev/cd0c on /mnt: Incorrect super block. > > > > $bash#mount -r /dev/cd0a /mnt > > /dev/cd0a on /mnt: Incorrect super block. > > Hi, > > Either device will work. The problem is you need to tell it what > kind of filesystem is on the device. You can either add the -t flag or > use the specialized evxternal mount command that is indirectly invoked. > > Try: > mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0a /cdrom > or > mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0a /cdrom > > > If you expect to be mounting different CD's regularly, you might > want to consider adding an entry to your fstab usign the noauto option. > Here's what I have in mine: > > /dev/cd0a /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 > > This allows me to use just "mount /cdrom", because the other > options are found in the fstab file. > > cheers, > > Adrian > -- > adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| If I were stranded on a desert island, and > System Administrator --->>>| I could only have one OS for my computer, > Neurosurgical Visualzation Lab -->>| it would be FreeBSD. Think about it..... > http://www.nvl.virginia.edu/ ->| http://www.freebsd.org/ > -- HOW TO MAKE LOVE ENDURE "Don't say you love somebody and then change your mind ... Love isn't like picking what movie you want to watch." --Natalie, age 8
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