Subject: Re: mount cdrom
To: Dr. Rene Hexel <rh@vip.at>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/21/2000 20:34:37
Dr. Rene Hexel wrote
> Petra Hofmann wrote:
> 
> > mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/cd0a /cdrom  :Operation not supported by device
> 
>   I get this error whenever I try to mount my ATAPI CD-ROM without a CD
> inserted.  Try inserting a CD first (and wait for the drive to spin up,
> just to make sure it's ready).
> 

... or a CD with a filesystem other than iso9660.

BTW: Is there any reason for the -o ro option? Since a CDROM is always
read only its use here seem to be a bit of paranoia. It works perfectly
without it on alpha and i386 platforms.

cheerio Berndt
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