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Date:      Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:24:38 +0200
From:      Steve Mazerski <smazerski@yahoo.co.jp>
To:        "Oscar Carlstedt" <orre_007@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Cd problem
Message-ID:  <200207191224.38450.smazerski@yahoo.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <F36MOUzNwkaIc0eGKxA0001818a@hotmail.com>
References:  <F36MOUzNwkaIc0eGKxA0001818a@hotmail.com>

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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 o=
pen
> 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=20

  mount /cdrom

or, if this fails,=20

  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).

Technical details on mounting here:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mount-unmount.h=
tml

HTH

S.Mazerski


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