Re: CD-ROM mount problems

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

"Jeffrey W. Baker" wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, shock wrote:
> 
> > * Michael D. Schleif (mds@helices.org) spake thusly:
> > >
> > > Does the required device exist?
> > >
> > >     man MAKEDEV
> > >     cd dev; ./MAKEDEV [ -n ] [ -v ] update
> >
> > # ls -al /dev/cdrom
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root root 3 Dec 29 20:53 /dev/cdrom -> sr0
> >
> > # ls -al /dev/sr0
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root root 4 Dec 13 19:32 /dev/sr0 -> scd0
> >
> > # ls -al /dev/scd0
> > crw-r--r--    1 root root 21, 0 Dec 13 19:54 /dev/scd0
> 
> That's not what mine says:
> 
> brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Nov 22 2000 /dev/scd0
> 
> The 'c' at the beginning of your ls means 'character device'.  The 'b' on
> mine means 'block device'.  So your error messages are correct.
> 
> Try: rm /dev/scd0 && mknod /dev/scd0 b 11 0

Good catch -- I missed that.  I believe that MAKEDEV update will correct
all inconsistencies . . .

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