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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!fdn.fr!r2d2.fdn.org!sphynx.fdn.fr!causse From: causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) Subject: Re: mounting my CD-ROM and SCSI Syquest Cartridge Drive(How) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: individual - paris - france Message-ID: <EAEB5q.1JJ@sphynx.fdn.fr> References: <337F616C.5BDF@worldnet.att.net> Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 21:17:50 GMT Lines: 33 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41227 Jason (jlj.mitchell.max@worldnet.att.net) wrote: : How do I mount my CD-ROM and Syquest Drive in FreeBSD. Just like any other volumes... For cd-rom: (assuming you've made a /cdrom directory...) mount -t cd9660 /dev/YOUR-CD-DEVICE /cdrom For syquest: mkdir /syquest (insert a disk in your drive and wait a few seconds for it to settle) mount -t msdos /dev/YOUR-SYQUEST-DEVICE /syquest Of course, you're not limited to M$-DOG filesystem on your SyQuest... If you want to make a better use of it, see disklabel(8) and newfs(8) for writing a label on the syquest (up to eight partitions) and putting an UFS filesystem on it. PS: SyQuests drive deliver honorable (better than M$-DOG) performances under UFS, so it's a good idea to use them... Last minute note: the drive won't let you eject the disk as long as the syquest is mounted ! You'll have to unmount it first. Maybe you should consider editing your /etc/fstab if you mount/unmount regulary :-) : Jason <jlj.mitchell.max@worldnet.att.net> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Causse http://www.fdn.fr/~pcausse 4.4BSD/X11R6/Motif-2.0/C++ mailto:causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (UUCP)