----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: cdrom-mount issue
: Tundra wrote:
: > I recently purchased a CD-rw device. I installed it. The CD subsequently was
: > able to be mounted properly and info read off of appropriate type of CD's. It
: > also
: > played music correctly.
: >
<snip>
: > receive the same error message, to wit:
: > '/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device'
: >
: > I believe it likely that while 'messing' with it and attempting to enable the
: > write features of the cd/player, I somehow screwed up its existing capabilities.
: > Unfortunately, it was so late at night, I don't recall with any detail what I
: > did.
: >
: > Any thoughts on options to cure this problem would be much appreciated.
: >
: > Thanks.
<snip>
: The other likely possibility was that you were playing with putting
: append="hdc=ide-scsi" into your lilo.conf file. If you do this but don't
: actually (successfully) load the ide-scsi module, then you will get the
: same message. If you had the append line there but then removed it,
: don't forget to rerun /sbin/lilo.
:
: To continue trying to get the the burning working, you might want to
: take a look at:
: http://www.leewardfpga.com/cdrw.html
Thank you very much. The above suggestion did indeed fix the problem.
I had completely forgotten I made that modification.
Also, the link is much appreciated.
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