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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!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!torn!news1.bellglobal.com!sympatico.ca!not-for-mail From: gbuchanan@on.sympatico.ca (Gardner Buchanan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Mount drive problems -- Newbie Date: 13 Mar 1997 00:20:22 GMT Organization: Sympatico Lines: 38 Message-ID: <5g7h86$iqv$1@news1.sympatico.ca> References: <01bc2e8b$f45b7ea0$642b74cf@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp1746.on.sympatico.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.7 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36927 In article <01bc2e8b$f45b7ea0$642b74cf@default>, "Kathleen Ramsey" <kramsey@worldnet.att.net> writes: > I'm running 2.1.5 on a P5 200 MHz. I have an IDE and I cannot mount an > extended DOS area a floppy drive or my ATAPI Toshiba 12X CD. Extended DOS partitions don't work. A primary DOS partition may be mounted if it is <500 Megabytes. I still wouldn't suggest it unless you REALLY need to. NOTE: larger ones will APPEAR to mount, but will trash your disk. A floppy disk should be a no-brainer: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt Check the probe messages to see if your CDROM was recognised at boot time. Look in /var/log/messages. I expect you installed from the IDE CD and so it should be recognised by the kernel alright. This should get it: mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /mnt If the CDROM was not picked up in the boot, you may have to adjust your kernel and recompile. This is easy, but you will need the handbook. > I installed > from a DOS partition and ended up writing a perl strip html's so I can at > least try to wade my way thru the Doc files, but it is frustrating not I assume you're reading the handbook html's without a browser. Ouch. /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.ascii is a plain text version. You will find that easier. Please don't give up on FreeBSD. It is wonderful! ============================================ Gardner Buchanan <gbuchanan@sympatico.ca> Ottawa, ON