Sean Roe wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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things to check...

try running these commands

# depmod -ae
# insmod cdrom
# modprobe ide-cd

Or upgrade to latest kernel - 2.4.9-?

also - see bugzilla...

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55074

Craig