Subject: Re: About cdrom
Date: Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 07:48:57PM -0500
In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > Is debian supposed to have a /dev/cdrom
>
> Well, yes. Unfortunately the mechanism that creates it from
> the boot floppies was broken.
>
> > Because when I install debian I do
> > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom and I get
> > /dev/cdrom file or Dir not found
>
> >Issue the command
>
> > ln -s hdb /dev/cdrom
>
> >if your cdrom is an atapi cdrom as slave on the first adapter.
>
> >Regards,
>
> > Joey
>
>
> Ok I did that command ln -s hdb /dev/cdrom
I assume(?) you were in the /dev dir when you did the above?
if not then ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom would have been the correct
syntax.
> and nothing happened
did you try:
VT2 root-Deb-Slink:~# ls -l /dev/cdrom and observe
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Oct 21 14:12 /dev/cdrom ->/dev/hdd
> I also did ls -al | grep cdrom and I found
> cdrom
you did the ls while you were in? / ???
> but it's not a directiory
> You have any suggestions
>
A bit more info would help, such as
VT2 root-Deb-Slink:~# ls -al | grep cdrom
doesn't show anything because I am in the ~ (home) directory but
VT2 root-Deb-Slink:~# ls -al /dev | grep cdrom
yeilds about 30 entries, including /dev/cdrom ->/dev/hdd
OK?
--
This sentence contradicts itself -- no actually it doesn't.
-- Hofstadter
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