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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: Mounting SCSI CD ROM
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Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 03:56:23 GMT
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In article <31A34BE5.28DF@fci.net>, Adam Fishman <adam@fci.net> writes:
> I am running BSDI 2.O and just added a SONY CD-ROM.
>
> HERE IS THE LAST BOOT MESSAGE FILE. IT SHOWS THE SONY CD ROM AT
> sd2 at tg2 unit 0: SONY CD-ROM CDU-76S rev 1.1c (SCSI-2) removable 1
>
> I am unable to mount the drive. I do not see a driver in /dev for cd?
>
> How do I mount this drive? Do I need a special driver for it? My
> system was installed with out the CD and now that I added it I want to
> be able to access the CD of software. Do you have any help to allow
> me to mount the CD?
You have BSD/OS 2.0.1 or older, or are running 2.1 and have customized
your boot defaults.
You want:
mount -r -t cd9660 /dev/sd2c /cdrom
If you're running 2.1:
mount -r -t cd9660 /dev/sr2c /cdrom
and if you happen to be running 1.x:
mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/sd2c /cdrom
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
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