/dev/cdrom should actually be a symlink that points to an actual device. Depending on whether you have an IDE or SCSI CD drive, the actual device would either be /dev/hdX or /dev/scdX, where "X" is the actual device number...hdX would be an IDE drive, scdX would be a SCSI device.
At a command prompt, type "ls -l /dev/cdrom", and the output should look something like: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8 Oct 29 00:00 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdd In my case, my CDROM drive is the secondary slave in my IDE system, /dev/hdd. This information, along with what type of CDROM you have (IDE/ATAPI or SCSI), and if it's IDE, which interface (primary or secondary) and device (master or slave), will be instrumental in getting your drive working, assuming /dev/cdrom is not properly linked, yet. On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Smith wrote: > Sorry, I'm very new to linux, could you please explain this issue a bit > more?........thanks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:18 PM > Subject: Re: Valid Block > > > > To what is /dev/cdrom linked? "ls -l /dev/cdrom" and make sure that it's > > linked to the correct /dev/hdX or /dev/scdX. > > > > On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Smith wrote: > > > > > Help.......I just got my Red Hat Linux Version 7.2 going.......and now > when i try to access the Cd dirve..I get an error message,,,,,,,,,,,,,"mount > /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device"..............any suggestions would > be great -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
