Re: Getting Online with DSL Ethernet
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Anthony wrote:
> Okay, I've downloaded the PPPoE tar file.
> I burned it to a cd and put it in my cdrom drive.
> I'm assuming this is the best way?
> The problem is I can't find my cdrom drive when I open X windows (I'm not
> sure where to look)
> and if I try to mount it out of X windows
> using
> mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/hdx /cdrom
> I get this error:
> "special device /dev/hdx does not exist"
>
> Any ideas??
>
The "x" is supposed to be in place of a,b,c,d....
If you have a typical setup, your CD-ROM should be the
first device on the second IDE controller, so you should
have:
mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/hdc /cdrom
Good luck,
Zonker
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