/dev/cdrom* entries are just a symlinks to corresponding /dev/hdxx files. They are created by kudzu. For some reason kudzu did not see the new hardware. You can try to run it manually. Pavel. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven P. Ulrick [mailto:spu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Mon, March 10, 2003 3:24 PM > To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Woes installing 2 CD drives on Red Hat 8 > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 06:02:11 -0600 > "Steven P. Ulrick" <spu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > In closing, the actual drive that I want to use is a brand > new (and I > > suspect, not defective, as the problem is the same with > whatever drive > > I use) Artec Super 56X, and I have tried all the drives I've > > experimented with (the Burner, and whichever of the three > CD-ROM's) as > > both the master AND the slave (making sure the jumpers were set > > correctly.) My Bios always detected the drives I was experimenting > > with as whatever I set the jumpers at, master or slave. And like I > > said, they are both functional in Windows XP, but when I try them in > > Red Hat 8, Red Hat only picks up one of them. Oh yeah, when I only > > have one hooked up, it is detected as SCSI (emulated, of course, as > > these drives are all IDE), but when both are hooked up, it > says there > > are none that have SCSI emulation enabled (this information > was gotten > > from kcontrol | information | SCSI) > > I just tried another experiment, and when I tried to mount > > /dev/cdrom, > > it said it wasn't a valid block device. The problem is, if > I were to > > disconnect the slave drive, and reboot, all of a sudden it would > > become a valid block device. If I'm wrong on that last point, I'll > > send a correction as soon as possible. > > Another thing I remembered, when I first got the new computer, and I > > tried to install Red Hat 8 with what turned out to be a bad CD-ROM > > drive, it wouldn't install. When I removed the bad CD-ROM drive, I > > was able to install Red Hat 8. The strange thing is that I wasn't > > using the bad drive to install Red Hat, I was using my Burner, as I > > had already had suspicions about that old CD-ROM drive. But it gets > > stranger: with that same CD-ROM drive connected that kept me from > > installing Red Hat 8, I was able to install with absolutely no > > difficulty, Red Hat 7.1, and mabye 7.2 If that sound > confusing, then > > I think I explained it correctly :( > > Hello, again :) > I just had an idea that I wanted to try, so here is the > results: all the > testing reflected in my original posting, had only one thing > in common - > the Memorex 52X CD-R/CD-RW drive. So I took that drive out, > and put in > another drive, and I had exactly the same results: the Bios picked up > everything, the Red Hat boot messages recognized both CD drives, but > when I went to mount /dev/cdrom, which is the only cd-related > entry that > I ever have (other than /dev/cdrom1 when things are working > the way they > should) I was told that /dev/cdrom was not a valid block device. > > Well that's all I have for now :) > Steven P. Ulrick > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
