Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:45:17 -0400 From: Marty Landman <marty@face2interface.com> To: Dru <genisis@istar.ca>, cs@mundo-r.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question on FreeBsd Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010414093316.00a00bb0@pop.ulster.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104140931110.12464-100000@istar.ca> References: <000b01c0c4e5$431246c0$47403cd5@mundoR.com>
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At Saturday 4/14/01 09:32 AM, Dru wrote: >If you do a > >more /etc/fstab > >you'll see that FreeBSD comes with a line that will allow you to mount >your cdrom with the following command: > >mount /cdrom Hi, I'm a newbie so please be gentle :) Got FreeBSD 4.2 installed on an old Packard Bell 486/16M/600M hd and when I type more /etc/fstab I see devices /dev/ad0s1b,a,f,e and proc. (Let me know if you want me to transcribe the whole output in detail.) When I try to do a mount /cdrom the response is mount: /cdrom: unknown special file or file system I installed from the two floppies and then ftp.freebsd.org with no apparent problems. That box had W95 on it before and I confirmed that the cdrom could be used, although on booting windows it complained about a hardware problem in either the cdrom or motherboard, and device mgr was saying that a possible virus was in the system. I assumed that the old OS had probably gotten hosed up before I ever got the machine, but didn't bother reinstalling windows to verify this as I wanted to go right to a FreeBSD install. Also, and this must be a \really/ dumb question... how do I access my floppy drive? I've d/l'd the port for Apache from the freebsd site and assume if I copy that from a windows created floppy to a ports directory and run, once I make a PPP connection install will handle the rest? Again, sorry but learning something this new to me really is stupefying. Marty Face 2 Interface Web Solutions Content Management Made SIMPL(tm) http://face2interface.com/Home/SIMPL.shtml To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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