Mounting CDrom

Andrew L. Gould algould at datawok.com
Mon May 24 14:46:15 PDT 2004


On Mon, 24 May 2004 16:32:26 -0500
Donald Szatkowski <deltaski at verizon.net> wrote:

> Thank you for considering my question.
> 
> How do I mount my cdrom and make it available to all users?
> 
> I have tried:  mount -t cd9669 /dev/acd0/cdrom
>   
> I have tried:  mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0/mnt
> 
> Nothing! I know the unit works, as I loaded FreeBSD using Cdrom as the
> source.
> 
> If I remove noauto from the kernel, it won't let BSD boot at all. 
> 
> What am I missing? I have FreeBSD Handbook, 2nd but am unable to find
> a ref to a possible fix. Can anyone give a direction to look or
> possible reference area to help solve this problem?
> 
> Thank you     Don

Isn't there an entry for the cdrom in /etc/fstab?  Have you tried:   
mount /cdrom

Andrew Gould


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