Re: Compaq LTE5100 - swapable CDROM/Floppy
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 11:50:11PM +0100, Max Eaves wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a Compaq LTE5100 laptop with 24MB of RAM, and have installed Debian
> Linux 2.2. Since I know only the basics of Linux, I am struggling with a
> problem to do with a swappable CD-ROM drive/Floppy drive. I had to do an
> install of 2.2 using the Vanilla version using Floppies. Now I can't get my
> CD-ROM drive to be seen AT ALL. I have had a look at Linux Laptop, but
> can't find any relevant articles on this kind of senario. How do I get my
> laptop to look at this device. I have getting the following errors:
>
> mount /cdrom
>
> mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist.
>
> I think I messed up the installation, but don't know how to go back to
> it....can someone give me a hand.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Max
>
try this mount command:
mount /dev/hdb /cdrom -t iso9660
assuming that /dev/hdb is the cdrom (it might be hdd or something
else); that you have the /cdrom directory on your file system (the
debian install created it on mine); and that cdrom support is compiled
into your kernel.
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