[Gllug] RH 7.2 /dev/cdrom not a valid block dev

[Stephen Harker]

On Wednesday 24 October 2001 09:40, you wrote:
> At 11:37 24/10/01 +0100, you wrote:
> >Any idea what could be the problem!!!  /dev/cdrom  definitely exist on
> >/dev  dir !!!
>
> /dev/cdrom is usually a symlink to the real device that your cdrom is on.
> In the case of IDE this is probably one of:
> /dev/hd*.  e.g. My cdrom is the slave device on the second IDE controller
> and therefore /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdd.  Check that this link is set up ok
> after your upgrade.

Actually, I have the same problem with Mandrake 8.1 upgrading over 8.0
/dev/cdrom is supposed to point to the new devfs device (I assume RH7.2 is 
now using devfs) but it seems to be broken. Its a pain but if you change 
/etc/fstab entry for the cdrom from /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdd or whatever it is 
then it works. 
Haven't figured out devfs yet.

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