Re: Woody net install: no /dev/cdrom created
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> I recently installed Woody using a CD netinstall image, based on boot
> floppies 3.0.19 and an idepci kernel, a few weeks ago. I was somewhat
> surprised today to see that /dev/cdrom did not exist on my system when
> I finally tried to use the CDROM device (with gtcd). I see why it
> might have happened: since I never used the CDROM during install, a
> /dev/cdrom link was never created.
>
> However, should the install procedure somehow suggest to the user that
> this should be done? Or walk a user through a setup? ("Would you like
> to set up a CDROM device?")
This is bug #100749 and is not as easy to address as you might think.
See the logs of that bug report.
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