I have an ATAPI cd-rom and, all my HD's are IDE.
hda is a windows drive
hdb is my linux drive
hdc is my cd-rom drive
Why didn't linux Red Hat configure my cd-rom when did a clean reinstall?
/dev/cdrom is linked to /dev/hdc. /etc/fstab says:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto, ro 0 0
Micah
Bryan Scaringe wrote:
> Here's what seems to be happening (I got the same error last night
> after upgrading the kernel, but before settign up module dependancies):
>
> The kernel doesn't recognize the cdrom. the fact that it worked before
> suggests that you MAY have put it in a dfferent IDE/SCSI position.
>
> What type of CDROM is it? IDE, SCSI, Non-ATAPI (Mistsumi, etc.).
>
> What IDE/SCSI position is it in? Actually, during installation RedHat
> should have created a link from /dev/cdrom to the correct /dev/xxx entry.
>
> Hmm, Let me ask you this: Are all Hard Disks and the CDROM in your machine
> IDE. From the way it is treating the CDROM, I am guessing that either they
> aren't, or the /dev/cdrom symlink is broken. check /etc/fstab.
> If you don't understand "fstab" check the man page for it, and post it
> to this list. If you DO understand it, what does the /dev/cdrom entry
> look like?
>
> Bryan
>
> >
> > Sorry, I probably should been more descriptive about my problem.
> > About 4 weeks age I installed Linux Red Hat 5.2. on my computer. Every
> > thing seemed to work fine including my CD-ROM drive. Then I got a new
> > motherboard and CPU. I cleared all my HD's and reinstall every thing
> > from scratch Windows and Linux. I think that I maintained the same
> > configuration of my drives. I have tried all of the things you all
> > suggested except compile a custom kernel, (I don't know how to that).
> > And, have had the same results as before. Thanks for your help so far.
> >
> > Micah
> >
> >
