SUMMARY <Can not mount CD-ROM>

From: Exocet (sorreda@ntps3.ntep.tmg.nec.co.jp)
Date: Thu Jul 28 1994 - 20:13:10 CDT


I wrote:

>
>Sun Managers,
>
> when i tried to mount a cd-rom to a Sun Sparc Classic, i got
> the following error message
>
> ntps3:~-> mount -rt hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom
> mount: unknown filesystem type: hsfs
> mount: giving up on:
> /cdrom
>
> I looked in the man pages and there was an hsfs filesystem
> described there. I'm using a Sun SPARC Classic running
> Solaris 1.1C. What is the cause of this error?

Here's the summary of the responses I got.

1. "option HSFS" should be in the kernel config file
        ( /sys/sun4m/conf/GENERIC )

2. "mount_hsfs" should be in the path ( /usr/etc ).

I checked both for my machine, and it's now working perfectly.
Thanks to all who gave me the solutions.

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