[Sheflug] Unknown device under RH7.2

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Collier <pc [at] pecb.worldonline.co.uk> writes:

    Peter> 	I installed and ran RedH 7.1 with no problems for some
    Peter> time. I've just upgrade it the 7.2 version. I also tried a
    Peter> complete new install. I can't mount my 2 cdrom
    Peter> drives. There is a entry in fstab; dev/cdrom & dev/cdrom1.
    Peter> If I issue a mount command, I get /dev/cdrom or
    Peter> /dev/cdrom1, unknown device.  I've tried /dev/hdc & hdd as
    Peter> well, no luck.  Dmesg says hdc ide-scsi, dvd/cdrom;
    Peter> (correct).  hdd cdrom. installing automounter, no devices
    Peter> mapped.  /var/log/messages showing lines for hdd as well as
    Peter> hdc for ide-scsi, then giving error messages about this.
    Peter> lilo.conf.anaconda has correct line append = ide-scsi.
    Peter> Apart from going back to RH7.1 or Mandrake 8.1, any ideas
    Peter> anyone?

/dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom1 should just be symlinks to the drive in
question - for example, on my system /dev/cdrom is just a symlink to
/dev/hdc

Is this correct? Does /dev/cdrom even exist?
If not, create the required symlink with the 'ln' command

Cheers.

Baz.

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