Re: mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Rebel wrote:

> Hi,
> I have the following entry in my /etc/fstab
>
>
>
> /dev/cdrom  /mnt/cdrom  iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide
> 0 0
>
> When i try to do:
>
> mount /mnt/cdrom
>
> or mount /dev/cdrom
>
> I get the following error:
>
> mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
>
> Can anyone suggest what should I do?

If you do "dmesg | grep -i cdrom" to find out where your cd rom really is.
Most likely its something like /dev/hdb

The run "ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom"

It should all fall into place

Rus
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