Subject: Re: problem mounting iso images
To: Julian Opificius <julianop@barnlea.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/28/2004 14:52:59
On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 03:42:24AM -0600, Julian Opificius wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> New NetBSD user, having trouble.
> 
> Fresh install of NetBSD 1.6.2.
> 
> Trying to mount an iso file (one of the package iso's) using:
> vnconfig -v vnd0 i386pkg2.iso
> mount -r -t cd9660 /dev/rvnd0d /mnt
> 
> I see the above lines - or variants of them - all over the web, but
> 
> I get the message
> mount_cd9660: /dev/rvnd0d on /mnt: Block device required
> 
> Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?

You have to use the block device, not the character device.
That is, use /dev/vnd0d, not /dev/rvnd0d

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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