Re: Mounting CDROM
On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 07:31:09AM -0500, Harvey Ussery wrote:
> I've just installed DebianPPC3.0(Woody) on an 833Mhz iMac 17"LCD. I
> cannot mount cdrom drive.
>
> In /dev/cdrom the link to cdrom shows as:
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Nov 21 11:50 cdrom -> hdb
> and hdb shows as:
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 64 Mar 14 2002 hdb
>
> In /etc/fstab the line for /cdrom is:
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9960 ro,user,noauto 0 0
>
> But when I do:
> mount cdrom [as root]
> hdb: driver not present
> mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
>
> Since I installed Woody from the official CDs, I would have assumed the
> driver for the CDROM is in place. Why am I getting "hdb: driver not
> present"? Likewise, why is /dev/cdrom showing as not a valid device?
>
> Any assistance for a debian newbie or pointers to the relevant doc
> greatly appreciated. Thanks. --HU
>
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The cdrom drive may actually be on hdc.
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