Sean,

If I remember correctly, this problem is usually due
to not having the cdrom driver loaded. If it's
a standard ATAPI IDE CDROM, try loading the
cdrom.o driver. It will be located in your
/lib/modules/(kernel version)/drivers/cdrom/
directory.

Load this module with insmod and try and
mount your the cd.

Hope this helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Sean
Roe
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 11:27 PM
To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: Re: RH 7.2 Install strangeness


I tried booting with a cdrom in the drive but that didn't seem to help.  I am still getting :

[root@citation mnt]# ls
cdrom  floppy  zip100.0
[root@citation mnt]# mount cdrom
mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
[root@citation mnt]#

I am lost.  /dev/cdrom points to /dev/hdc

sr


At 11/19/01 7:49:00 AM, you wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:55:32PM -0700, Sean Roe wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I just installed RH 7.2 on a box.  After the install I can no longer see the
>> CDrom (DVD).  I mean I cant mount it. When I try it says it is not a block device.  In /dev cdrom
looks properly
>> linked to hdc.  Im lost.  Any ideas?
>>
>> sr
>
>Check the dmesg for lines that read something to this effect:
>
>hda: Maxstor .... 12GB HD
>hdb: HITACHI CD-RW ....
>
>These lines tell you which devices have been assigned to which /dev files.
>Look for a line that contains something about your DVD drive, and change the
>/dev/cdrom link to point to the device name before the colon. Eg: according
>to the above information, my /dev/cdrom should point to /dev/hdb.
>
>---
>Thomas "Mondoshawan" Tate
>phoenix@psy.ed.asu.edu
>http://tank.dyndns.org
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