Re: About cdrom

1998-12-01 Thread wtopa
Subject: Re: About cdrom Date: Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 07:48:57PM -0500 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Is debian supposed to have a /dev/cdrom > > Well, yes. Unfortunately the mechanism that creates it from >

Re: About cdrom

1998-12-01 Thread WuArMy490
> Is debian supposed to have a /dev/cdrom Well, yes. Unfortunately the mechanism that creates it from the boot floppies was broken. > Because when I install debian I do > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom and I get > /dev/cdrom file or Dir not found >Issue the command > ln -s hdb /dev/

Re: About cdrom

1998-11-30 Thread Michael Beattie
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > Is debian supposed to have a /dev/cdrom > > Because when I install debian I do > > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom and I get > > /dev/cdrom file or Dir not found > > I thought you can only mount a cdrom drive with /dev/cdrom > > Nope. You can moun

Re: About cdrom

1998-11-30 Thread Oliver Elphick
"M.C. Vernon" wrote: >Nope. You can mount a cdrom on anywhere (even /bin if you really want), >but /dev/cdrom isn't created by default. > >mkdir /dev/cdrom > >should do the trick. Absolutely NOT! /dev/cdrom should be a symbolic link to a real device, not a directory! ln -s /dev/hdc /

Re: About cdrom

1998-11-30 Thread Damon Buckwalter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is debian supposed to have a /dev/cdrom > Because when I install debian I do > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom and I get > /dev/cdrom file or Dir not found > I thought you can only mount a cdrom drive with /dev/cdrom > /dev/cdrom is a tradition followed by most Li

Re: About cdrom

1998-11-30 Thread M.C. Vernon
> Is debian supposed to have a /dev/cdrom > Because when I install debian I do > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom and I get > /dev/cdrom file or Dir not found > I thought you can only mount a cdrom drive with /dev/cdrom Nope. You can mount a cdrom on anywhere (even /bin if you really want), but

Re: About cdrom

1998-11-30 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 12:05:24AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is debian supposed to have a /dev/cdrom > Because when I install debian I do > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom and I get > /dev/cdrom file or Dir not found > I thought you can only mount a cdrom drive with /dev/cdrom Your CD-R

Re: About cdrom

1998-11-29 Thread Martin Schulze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is debian supposed to have a /dev/cdrom Well, yes. Unfortunately the mechanism that creates it from the boot floppies was broken. > Because when I install debian I do > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom and I get > /dev/cdrom file or Dir not found Issue the command