At 04:30 PM 6/24/02 -0700, Hendrik Fourie wrote: > > At 02:44 PM 6/24/02 -0700, Hendrik Fourie wrote: > > >i am using redhat 7.2 and kde and when i try to mount the cdrom within >kde > > >it gives the error message that "/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device". > > > > What is the output of "ls -l /dev/cdrom"? Is the symlink set up correctly? > >i havent run "ls -l /dev/cdrom", but by the symlink i assume you mean the >entries in the fstab file which allows me to mount the cdrom by using >"mount /dev/cdrom" only as opposed to having to enter the entire "mount -t >iso9660 /dev/hda /mnt/cdrom" command?, i only have a vague idea what >symlinks are and how to set them up :), >anyway, the entries in the fstab file is correct.
Nope, bad assumption; that is not what I mean. Please do as I ask and I'll explain after I see the result. Or read "man ls" to learn what symlinks are. > > > > >using kde terminal window i tried running "su" and entering the root > > >password, then i run the command "mount -t iso9660 /dev/hda /mnt/cdrom >and > > >it gives me the exact same error message. > > > > Surely not the *exact* same error message (since this command does not >make > > use of /dev/cdrom). > > >no, instead of "/dev/cdrom" it shows "/dev/hda" is not a valid block >device. Did you recheck this just now, or are you correcting your prior posting from memory? If the first, then why didn't you run the other command I asked you to do above (since doing so would take about 10 seconds, less time than I am spending writing this sentence)? If the second, please recheck your work (that is, do what I request below) ... you will understand, I hope, that I am hesitant to rely on your demonstrably faulty memory. Or did you have the actual text saved somewhere to check? If so, then please post it here. > > > > Please post the exact command you enter and the exact response from the >system. [...] >i am using the grub bootloader which is written to the mbr of the first >hdd.( i think) >hda and hdb really are the cdrom drives, and i can mount the fat32 partition >and acces it in linux by using "mount -t vfat /dev/hdc1 /dev/mnt/windows" >and it shows the content of my windows hdd. i don't know if and how the >/dev/hd* entries were modified, since i installed rh7.2 with the default >options an i certainly never changed it myself. This description is puzzling. Unless RH changed to using grub as its default bootloader and I missed that news ... possible, I suppose, but surely not way back in 7.2 ...the system you describe is not using *all* the default options. In any case, this is unlikely to be the source or your problem. -- -----------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------------- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
