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From: Johan Lithander <johan@teligent.se>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: problem wit my cdrom
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 10:44:49 +0100
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mcurry@fred.net wrote:
> 
> You will get better cdrom recognition in 2.2-GAMMA than 2.1.5.
> 
> Since you didn't say what kind of cdrom drive/interface you have, you will
> have to watch carefully during the boot process to see if, and what kind
> of cd interface FBSD reports, and run mount_cd9660 accordingly.
> 
> Mine mounts with "mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0c /cdrom", for example.
> 

It's easier to use /sbin/dmesg instead of "watch carefully" on the
console at startup.

Can anyone tell me the differens between /dev/cd0a and /dev/cd0c ?????
(The xmcd does only work if /dev/rfd0c is used, at least for me.)

Johan

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