error mounting cdrom - 'invalid block device'

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 07:28, Alpha Zenon Sanchez wrote:
> Hello Linux Users:
> 
> I purchased a Trio Hard Drive Switch that enables me
> to choose a HD to boot from.  I have Windows NT
> Workstation on one HD and Linux Redhat 7.2 on another.
>  They seem to boot fine.  I can use MY CD rom, Zip 100
> internal disk and floppy fine in Windows NT.
> 
> However, when I boot to Linux Redhat, and try to mount
> the CD-ROM, I get a error mounting the CD ROM
> -'invalid block device'.  I can successfully mount my
> floppy and zip drive though. When I use the Hardware
> Browser in the K-Desktop, it 'sees' the CD-ROM. I try
> to mount the CD ROM using the 'shortcut' on the
> desktop as well as throught bash.
> 
> My zip drive is slave to my CD ROM.  My CD Rom is set
> to 'Master' and is connected to the secondary IDE
> interface on the Motherboard.
> 
> Any suggestions for this Linux newbie? :-)
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as root - from command line

depmod -ae

then you might as well run

rhn_register

up2date -u

Craig