Re: CD-ROM mount problems

["Michael D. Schleif" <mds@helices.org>]

Does the required device exist?

	man MAKEDEV
	cd dev; ./MAKEDEV [ -n ] [ -v ] update

shock wrote:
> 
> * David Gardi (debian@gardisoft.org) spake thusly:
> > shock wrote:
> >
> > >I've recently trashed a RH6.2 machine in favor of Debian Woody.
> > >This is an all SCSI machine, with a Plextor CD-RW.  When I mount any CD,
> > >I get the following:
> > >
> > ># mount /cdrom
> > >mount: /dev/cdrom is not a block device
> > >
> > Try linking /dev/cdrom /dev/scd0
> > Here you go:
> > rm -f /dev/cdrom ; ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom
> 
> same effect.  /dev/cdrom is not a block device

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