hi thanks for responding mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom doesn't work. same error
ps aux | grep devfs gives me root 36 0.0 0.7 1988 952 .... /sbin/devfsd /dev so, devfs is running... i've tried reinstalling a couple of times, and enabling a bunch of kernel options. which kernel options do i need to enable to get cd's to mount? thanks redmond [Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 08:10:24PM +0200] This one time, at band camp, Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen said: > Redmond Militante wrote: > >hi all > > > >after installing 1.4 on a black newworld g3 powerbook/400mhz/128mb ram/6 > >gb hdd using livecd-g3-grp-1.4-cd1 iso image burned to a cdrom, i am able > >to reboot into gentoo successfully, but i am having trouble mounting > >livecd-ppc-grp-1.4-cd2 disk. i enter 'mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom > >-o ro -t iso9660', and receive the error msg 'ount: special device > >/dev/croms/crom0 does not exist'. > >this is my first install - i've been following the gentoo-ppc installation > >instructions on this website. i've gone back and tried to recompile extra > >file system-related features into my kernel. i still receive the error > >message. > >any advice would be appreciated > >thanks > > > > > try "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" if this doesnt sucess then check if > devfs is running: "ps aux | grep devfs" this will show you where it is > mounted if running, check if your drivers is loaded for the cdrom, scsi > or ide-scsi etc. > Im no expert but you can try this. > Kenneth > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p2 #0: Mon Aug 11 13:00:11 CDT 2003 2:15PM up 11 days, 13:59, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Gimmie That Old Time Religion We will follow Zarathustra, We will worship like the Druids, Zarathustra like we use to, Dancing naked in the woods, I'm a Zarathustra booster, Drinking strange fermented fluids, And he's good enough for me! And it's good enough for me! (chorus) (chorus) In the church of Aphrodite, The priestess wears a see-through nightie, She's a mighty righteous sightie, And she's good enough for me! (chorus) CHORUS: Give me that old time religion, Give me that old time religion, Give me that old time religion, 'Cause it's good enough for me!
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