Yes - also many/most distros now save the boottime dmesg to /var/log/dmesg for that very reason.
-----Original Message----- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 11 August 2006 3:06 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: dvd rom problems dmesg|grep hd if you get lots of garbage (dmesg is a ring buffer that ditches older stuff as new stuff is written - if you get a lot of kernel errors then the older stuff can disappear) then reboot and run that command. On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:02:23 +1200 Matthew Whiting wrote: > the results of my trying again mounting the cdrom... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom > mount: special device /dev/hdc does not exist > > prob just take it in and see if can get it looked at under warranty > but > any further suggestions appreciated... > > thanks > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
