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

[Jonathan Dye]

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.  

JD


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