Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!fizban.solace.mh.se!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!boulder!stripe.Colorado.EDU!covell
From: covell@stripe.Colorado.EDU (Paul Covell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD *NEEDS* CD-ROM???
Date: 10 Nov 95 15:26:35 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
Lines: 25
Message-ID: <covell.816017195@stripe.Colorado.EDU>
References: <roy-0911952159370001@adept.cts.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: stripe.colorado.edu
X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #8 (NOV)
roy@adeptsolutions.com (Roy Lovejoy) writes:
>I got thrown the message cd9660: /dev/cd0a device not configured.
>(no cd in the drive)
>I take it that something is trying to mount the cd regardless if there actually
>that I can comment out this auto mount attempt?? (and leave the mounting
>of the cd to when *I* want to mount it?)
>Please e-mail *AND* post.
>Thanks
While it is a less than perfect solution, this is how I solved that problem:
in /etc/fstab, there is an entry for your cdrom drive. Comment it out.
/etc/rc calls mount -a, which tries to mount all the drives in your /etc/fstab
file. Why it dies when it can't, I'm not sure.
The reason this is less than perfect is now you will need to type the full
specs to mount the cdrom (for me, mount -tcd9660 /dev/mcd0a /cdrom).
Cheers
Paul
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
Paul Covell | covell@Colorado.EDU
"When will the world listen to reason? I have
a feeling it'll be a long time." -The Offspring
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_