On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 02:14:15PM -0600, Linux wrote: > Greetings. I have a new install of Debian. I was going to add more > packages and turns out my cd drive does not seem to be readable. The > drive does work, as I installed Debian from it. Also it works fine in > Mandrake (I have multiple OSs on this box). When I first installed > Debian it worked fine as I used dselect to install additional packages > after the initial reboot of the computer. I have tried different CDs, > so it doesn't appear to be media related. > > When I try to mount or access the cd drive I get the message: > > ide-floppy driver 0.97.sv > hdd: driver not present > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device > > The line for the cd drive in /etc/fstab is: > > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > > Can anybody clue me in on this one? What kernel are you using? What is /dev/cdrom linked to? What does /var/log/dmesg say about your cdrom and hdd? What does "/sbin/lsmod | grep cd" and "/sbin/lsmod | grep ide"? -- Jerome
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