>You have to mount the drive first. (This isn't RedHat!) E.g:
>
>   mkdir /cd
>   mount -t iso9660 /dev/cd0a /cd
>
>I find it convenient to add a line to /etc/fstab like
>
>/dev/cd0a	/cd	iso9660	ro,noauto
>
>so I can do "mount /cd", "umount /cd", and so on. Also try "eject cd".
>
>--
>
>Frederick

attempted mounting drive as suggested:
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# mkdir /cd
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cd0a /cd
mount: mount_iso9660 not found for /cd
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i've also tried variants on /cd  (cd0, cd0a, etc)

i know that everything must be mounted before use, but is it customary for 
every CD install to ctrl-z out of sysinst to mount the cdrom from which 
sysinst originally loaded?  no trouble installing freebsd4 with identical 
hardware configuration (p2 deschutes 350, 256mb pc100, onboard QDI IDE 
controller, 9.1gb seagate IDE hdd, 40x atapi cdrom)

does the above mount error imply that my cdrom is not going to work with the 
generic kernel or am i missing a step?  i wish i could just do ftp install, 
but i'm on dial-up. :-(

thanks for the suggestions,
Brad
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