The obvious question first. Do you have an iso9660 cd in the drive? Some people, new to linux, don't realize that you mount a specific cd rather than making the drive available and swapping cds at will. rw2 "Robert M. Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just successfully installed Redhat 6.1 on my SONY VAIO Z505RX using > the excellent instructions at > http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/lab/howto/linux/vaiolinux.html for the > Z505S (I installed all packages, figuring I could remove later.) I > successfully booted from CD and made only the obvious modifications for > the different machine. > > After installation it booted fine in X, but when I attempt to mount the > CDrom it complains that the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a > block device and the mount fails. I could not find a mention of the > problem snooping the web for linux on vaio z505* models. > > I can still load software via a network connection, but it would be nice > to have the cdrom function. Is this a problem with a configuration file > because of the pcmcia cdrom? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Bob > -- "Debugging is at least twice as hard as programming. If your code is as clever as you can possibly make it, then by definition you're not smart enough to debug it." -- Brian Kernighan
