Hi!!!
This is the first mail I am sending on this mailing list. I am presently
on the ILUGHYD mailing list too.
So Hi!!! to every one here.
madhesh wara wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am facing a strange problem with my IDE ATAPI CD-ROM drive. When i
> try to mount the cdrom in linux, i get the message:
>
> 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).
>
> The strange thing is I installed RH 6.1 using the same CD-ROM drive
> and even now it is working just fine under windows and also when i
> change the bootsequence to boot from the cd and put a bootable cd, the
> system boots from the cd.
>
> What could be wrong. Please help urgently. How do i change
> /dev/cdrom to a block device. Is it require to delete /dev/cdrom and
> create new entry (how to create a block device file)
>
> Please help
Hey your cdrom is loaded in the /mnt/cdrom directory if U r using
Redhat6.1. SO U have to use the command
mount /mnt/cdrom
Then it loads the cd drive in that directory. So all U need to do is go to
the directory /mnt/cdrom to access the cdrom drive.
to unmount the drive use the command
umount /mnt/cdrom
now if U want to change the cdrom directory to /cdrom or some thing else
all u need to do is edit the file /etc/fstab and find the line pointing to
/mnt/cdrom and change it to /cdrom. Now u have to create a directory name
/cdrom U can do this using the command mkdir /cdrom.
Note: U can edit the file only by logging as root!!!.
Any other query please feel free to contact me.
Regards
Raghuram Vijapurapu
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