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Re: Stumped!! Cdrom not a valid block dev.



What is the output for a particular mount command, e.g.:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/gscd /cdrom 
?

It looks like you have "cdrom" (a string) instead of "/cdrom" (a mount point) somewhere.

-----Original Message-----
From: Roddie Rod <roddierod@pghfamily.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 6:21 PM
Subject: Stumped!! Cdrom not a valid block dev.


>My cdrom has worked fine for months - after i figure out it was a
>goldstar. Now Debian claims it is not a valid block device.
>
>On boot, I get the cdrom detected, happy goldstar message. which is good.
>I try to mount it and I get not a valid block dev. I tried to MAKEDEV and
>it seem to compile but still not lucky. I even tried mount cdrom, but of
>course in /etc/fstab it is /dev/gscd. Any help on this one?
>
>Roddie Rod
>
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>
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