CDRom Users on FreeBSD 6.2

Prerequisites:

FreeBSD (with an IDE CDRom - typically /dev/acd0 on FreeBSD)

Overview: If network installing of packages, ports or source code is not an option or is not desired in your situation, you can use an IDE CDrom as a way to get files.  This way assumes you have some way to download files and burn them onto a blank CD.

FreeBSD IDE Cdrom – Command line loading and file copying

# Mount the CDRom to make it usable by the operating system
mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom

# Take a look at the files on your CD
cd /cdrom
ls


# Copy files of your choice, examples:
cp /cdrom/*.tar.gz /usr/src/
cp /cdrom/MyFile.tar.gz /tmp/MyFile.tar.gz


# Unmount the CDRom (optional)
umount /cdrom