ok I have no /dev/cdrom and in /dev I have no listings like below, there are a few sym links but none for the cd rom, maybe I left something out here this is not a fresh install it is an upgrade from RH 8, does this make a difference. What are my next steps to try and fix this. -----Original Message----- From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:00 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: CD-RW blues help On Thursday May 29, 2003 Brian Pershall wrote: > ok this is strange I installed 9 on my laptop from my cd-rw but now it > will not mount it there is an error of > Could not mount device > The Reported error was: > mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist > > Why would I be getting this error and how can I fix it or how can I go > about trouble shooting Brian, I have the following two symbolic links in my /dev directory: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 28 19:25 cdrom -> /dev/scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 May 29 11:17 cdwriter -> /dev/sg0 and in /etc/grub.conf the boot stanza contains an hdc spec for my IDE CD-RW drive: kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.9 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi These two seem to take care of all my needs. If you have both of these and you still can't see your CD-ROM, try physically reseating all cable ends and check your dmesg output to see if there are any errors detecting the presence of your CD-ROM. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
