If you are using Red Hat 7.2, there's a bug that causes mount failures on certain IDE cdroms. If this would be the problem, the solution is to enter a "depmod -ae" command as root. BTW, this problem sometimes cause instability. It can also be fixed using the latest kernel update from Red Hat.
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi peepz, > > > > I have a simple problem mounting my CDROM. Everytime I type this: > > > > mount /dev/cdrom > > > > it gives me an error: not a valid block device! > > > > whats wrong with my device? > > > > > > > > --brendon > > http://www.brendonco.cjb.net > > dont forget the dir you want to mount your cdrom, try this one > "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
