On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Henrique Helder wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I'm trying install Mandrake 8.2b1 in a brand new PowerBook G4 - with dvd/cd-rw combo.
> 
> I used text mode install and I didn't choose gnome or mySQL, so I was able to use 
>CD#2 without any problem. After reboot twice - the first one frooze while checking 
>for new hardware - I did the Ben Reser's tip about +hsync/+vsync fix in XFree86 and I 
>included "1152x768" resolution and X-Window/KDE works fine.
> Everything looks great!
> 

1152x768 should get setup properly in the next release.

> I don't know why, but the installer didn't create any links for hdc or modem. I 
>cannot mount my cdrom. I have a /dev/cdroms empty directory. Can I create those links 
>using mknod?
> 

Don't use mknod, unless you're not using devfs.  Without devfs the
actual hardware devices should be there, perhaps not the symlinks to cdrom
or modem. 

While I had the TiBook, I should have looked more at the modem, I know it
wasn't detected during the test installs here, but it may be the same case
as the ibook2, a "soft" modem. The cdrom was setup fine here, with devfs.

You can see if the kernel saw the CDROM with:

dmesg | grep hdc (is it hdc on these machines?)
 
On my Lombard:

[root@powerbook-cooker templates]# ls -l /dev/cdrom
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root           13 Mar 25 03:18 /dev/cdrom ->
cdroms/cdrom0



HTH,
Stew Benedict

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