Brian's question is a bit more fundamental than this, I think.
1. In every distribution I've seen or used, /dev/cdrom is a symlink to some
real device. Its absence just means your installer disn't set it up for you.
Possibly because the kernel couldn't find the CD. If that's all you need,
you can add this with
ln -s /dev/whatever /dev/cdrom
replacing "whatever" with the right device entry for your drive. (But
there's the rub; see next item.)
2. Most likely, your kernel isn't detecting the CD drive. To see if it is,
look at the boottime messages the kernel sends. Some of them are in the
kernel message ring buffer; look at that with "dmesg". Some are in your main
log file (usually /var/log/messages on a stock install).
3. If you find that your kernel **is** detecting the CD drive, it will tell
you the /dev entry on which it is located. If it **isn't** detecting the
drive, you'll have to find a kernel that supports it or a module you can add
to your kernel to support it.
4. The only SoundBlaster support I can find is a module called "sbpcd"
(listed in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, the file my (Slackware) system uses to add
module support; I don't know what RH uses for this). If that doesn't support
your drive, I don't know of an alternative.
6. The advice from "ithornto" relies on a working entry being present in
/etc/fstab . Before that to happen, all the problems you have need to be
solved. Once they are, you can add the entry to /etc/fstab or simply mount
with "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" (assuming you've created the mount point
as well as the symlink).
At 03:25 PM 6/19/99 -0400, ithornto wrote:
>I've been able to mount CDROMs with
>"mount /mnt/cdrom"
>
>I think it usually links whichever /dev folder that controls your CDRom (mine
>is /dev/hdb)
>to /mnt/cdrom.
>
>Brian Willis wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> CDROM Question:
>> Over the last few days I've been getting into Linux more and more. I
>> have run into a slight problem. I can't mount my CDROM. I have kernel
>> version 2.0.18 (redhat) (I know...I'm a few versions behind). I've read
>> the FAQ for CDROM and read the "Running Linux" book from O'reilly but I
>> can't seem to mount the drive. I have a SB 16 CDROM.
>> I don't see a driver in the /dev for SB 16. I do see some for SB Pro. Any
>> suggestions? I don't even see a /dev/cdrom? Help this newbie!!
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