> 
>   Kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device (maybe insmod
> driver!)
> 
>   when i did a  ls -l /dev/cdrom i get lrwxrwxrwx.  The CDROM is not
> shown as a block device (as fd0 is).

What is it actually linked to?
Should be something like

$ls -la /dev/cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            3 Jul 28  1999 /dev/cdrom -> hdb
$

The link might be to a wrong device .. that's why.

hth.
jaju


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