Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-04-10 Thread jacobmaxwinkler
I have the same problem only mine reads lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 Mar 22 12:48 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0 this is running knoppix, if that makes a difference, and I'm total newbie. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-01-05 Thread Jan Minar
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 10:21:23AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > Please make sure to understand the advises before reporting further > problems the next time :-( Maybe I've gone too far; withdrawing this and apologizing. Peace. Jan. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-01-05 Thread Jan Minar
Hi, Stephen. On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 04:51:06AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > $ eject /mnt/cdrom or > $ eject /mnt/cdwriter > did not work. Ejecting the device is done by ioctl(2)-ing the device, i.e. writing to it: | (#:/usr/src/linux-2.4.23)- sudo -u toor eject | eject: unable to find or open

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-01-05 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Andreas, David and others Thanks for your advice. - snip - > >>>eject /dev/hdc > >> > >> As ROOT it works, not as USER > > > > Add yourself to the cdrecording group, (or whichever group /dev/hdc is > > owned by). > > /dev/hdc probably is owned by the disk group, and it is a bad idea to > a

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello David Goodenough (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Sunday 04 January 2004 04:03, Stephen Liu wrote: >>> >>> Do you have scsi emulation enabled? Something like this in your >>> lilo.conf or menu.lst: >>> >>>"hdc=scsi" or "hdc=ide-scsi" >> >> Yes, "hdc=ide-scsi" >> >>> You can test it wi

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-04 Thread David Goodenough
On Sunday 04 January 2004 04:03, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Robert, > > - snip - > > > Do you have scsi emulation enabled? Something like this in your > > lilo.conf or menu.lst: > > > >"hdc=scsi" or "hdc=ide-scsi" > > Yes, "hdc=ide-scsi" > > > You can test it with the eject command: > > > >ej

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-04 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Robert, - snip - > Do you have scsi emulation enabled? Something like this in your > lilo.conf or menu.lst: > >"hdc=scsi" or "hdc=ide-scsi" Yes, "hdc=ide-scsi" > You can test it with the eject command: > >eject /dev/hdc As ROOT it works, not as USER However CDWriter icon is on KDE

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-02 Thread Robert Storey
On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 21:42:40 -0500 root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > note I'm having the same issue > it says > lrwxrwxrwx for access 1 root root 3 (date) /dev/cdrom -> hdc > I had a harddrive hooked up to the same place previously could this be > > the reason it isn't mounting? Do you have scs

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 08:04:47PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 19:28, Jan Minar wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > > > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc? > > > Try using the full path (/dev/hdc). > > >

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Steven Yap
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 19:28, Jan Minar wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc? > > Try using the full path (/dev/hdc). > > There's no difference between an absolute and a relative path here.

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc? > Try using the full path (/dev/hdc). There's no difference between an absolute and a relative path here. The symlinks are relative to the directly they reside in

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Steven Yap
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 18:42, root wrote: > note I'm having the same issue > it says > lrwxrwxrwx for access 1 root root 3 (date) /dev/cdrom -> hdc > I had a harddrive hooked up to the same place previously could this be > the reason it isn't mounting? /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your