Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 14:43:56 -0500 From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@home.com> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CDROM mount problems! Message-ID: <38627B7C.A5CC60CD@home.com> References: <199912231414.JAA53041@rr.gfoster.com> <38623ACE.6042C690@home.com> <v04220810b4880d25b1be@[195.238.1.121]>
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Brad Knowles wrote: > > At 10:07 AM -0500 1999/12/23, Ted Sikora wrote: > > >> # mount -t cd9660 -o rdonly /dev/acd0a /cdrom > > It worked! Strange ..without the -o rdonly flag it would not. > > That's exactly what's supposed to happen. Normally, when a > system mounts a filesystem, it wants to mount it read/write so that > it can update the "atime" stamp for any files that may be accessed. > Obviously, you can't do this on a CD-ROM, so you need to explicitly > tell the system to mount it read-only. > > You probably would have gotten more helpful (and less curt) > answers if you had first gone to -questions with this. > Thanks, I appreciate the help. As you can tell I am new to the FreeBSD mailists. I'll learn... I hope! -- Ted Sikora Jtl Development Group tsikora@powerusersbbs.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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