From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 20 08:51:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA17224 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:51:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA17216 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:51:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA01489; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:49:16 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199711201649.KAA01489@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: mounting a goddamn cd!! To: adrian@virginia.edu Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:49:16 -0600 (CST) Cc: jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" at "Nov 20, 97 10:49:14 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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