Re: [Sheflug] Unknown device under RH7.2

[Craig Andrews <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not forgetting of course, that with ide-scsi enabled, the symlinks will be:

/dev/cdrom  =>  /dev/scd0
/dev/cdrom1 => /dev/scd1

On my system, I have cdrom and cdrecorder. Makes it a bit easier for my 
feeble mind :)

Craig

On Sunday 02 December 2001 8:01 pm, you wrote:
> >>>>> "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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