As closure on this, Red Hat has noted in Bugzilla that this installer bug will be fixed in a future release. See kernel bug # 55551 at bugzilla.redhat.com
John On 11/02/01, 06:22:56PM -0500, John P. Verel wrote: > Hi. I posted this problem to RedHat Bugzilla. Here's the reply, with > the url for the full info on the bug: > > //*********************************************************// > Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional > comments should be made in the comments box of this bug > report. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55551 > > --- shadow/55551 Thu Nov 1 15:59:14 2001 > +++ shadow/55551.tmp.7985 Thu Nov 1 16:06:07 2001 > @@ -49,3 +49,8 @@ > laptop install option. Keep existing partitions and mount points, no > reformatting. Reformat and mount swap partition. Proceed throught > install normally. Upon reboot, cdrom working normally, as it was in > 7.1. > + > +------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2001-11-01 16:21:02 > ------- > +It seems that during an upgrade the kernel modules map doesn't get > written > +properly in all cases; "depmod -ae" as root fixes that, or an upgrade > to the > +security errata kernel. > //*********************************************************// > > I'd worked around the problem by putting insmod cdrom in my rc.local. > Red Hat seems to be saying there is a problem with the stock kernel, if > I read this correctly. > > John > On 11/01/01, 01:54:52PM -0500, Jeff Graves wrote: > > Hi guys. Simple problem (or not so simple, since I need your help). I > > installed 7.2 from CD's. When I run the command mount /dev/cdrom I get the > > error "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device." /dev/cdrom actually > > points to /dev/hdc (master on secondary) which is what my CD-ROM is. It's > > simply a generic ATAPI CD-ROM and I haven't seen anything like this > > before. If I try to mount /dev/hdc I get the same problem. I know that the > > CD-ROM drive works (that's how I installed 7.2) and there is a disc in the > > drive (the 7.2 install disc as a matter of fact) but it doesn't seem to be > > recognizing it. Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff Graves > > Customer Support Engineer > > Image Source, Inc. > > 10 Mill Street > > Bellingham, MA 02019 > > > > 508.966.5200 X31 - Phone > > 508.966.5170 - Fax > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Email > -- > John P. Verel > Norwalk, Connecticut -- John P. Verel Norwalk, Connecticut _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
