On Wednesday 16 January 2002 15:39, you wrote: > I have recently just reinstalled my system. > > Since the reinstall i have not been able to not been able to use my > cdrom drive. If i click on the icon on the dekstop it reports that it is > not a "valid block device". > > The same happens if i use the mount command. > > The cdrom device in /dev/ is a symbolic link to /dev/hdc which is what > the kde control centre reports my cdrom drive to be. > > Can anyone help me here? i am positive it is not a faulty cdrom drive > bacuse its the same drive i just reinstalled from a couple of hours ago. > > Any help appreciated, it would be helpfull if you could respond to this > address aswell as the list one as i cannot be subscibed to the list at > all times due to the high volumes. > > Thank you. > > Jamie Adams > Housing Assistant > > Home Housing Association LTD > 41 Castle Road, Scarborough, YO11 1BJ > > t. (01723) 340142 > f. (01723) 355862 > >
Go into the properties of the icon and make sure that it is pointing to the correct device. 8.1 seems to have a problem with this. I just fixed a similar problem, you will see these messages if you just look at the archives from the last couple of days. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux user #225209
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