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Date:      Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:54:36 -0700
From:      Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.com>
To:        Steve Mazerski <smazerski@yahoo.co.jp>
Cc:        orre_007@hotmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Cd problem
Message-ID:  <20020719085436.244cf3da.nkinkade@dsl-only.com>
In-Reply-To: <200207191224.38450.smazerski@yahoo.co.jp>
References:  <F36MOUzNwkaIc0eGKxA0001818a@hotmail.com> <200207191224.38450.smazerski@yahoo.co.jp>

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On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:24:38 +0200
Steve Mazerski <smazerski@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

> On Friday 19 July 2002 11:40, Oscar Carlstedt wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have a question about my freebsd version 4.1 can you help me how
> > to open my cd device so i can install the other packages that comes
> > with the freebsd cd roms because i am new to freebsd.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > //Oscar Carlstedt
> 
> You will need to mount the CD-ROM.
> 
> As root this should be as easy as 
> 
>   mount /cdrom
> 
> or, if this fails, 
> 
>   mount -t cd9660 /dev/(whatever your CD-ROM device is) /cdrom
> 
> If your system is set up properly, /stand/sysinstall will automount
> the CD-ROM for you (at least it does in 4.6).

...or, if you have a CD in the drive now, but cannot get the tray to
eject, try `umount /cdrom`.

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