On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, David wrote:
> I'm using debian woody on an iBook. I haven't modified fstab from the
> default installation. The CD mounts on a different machine, so it isn't
> that.
>
> ibook:~# mount /dev/cdrom
> mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
> ibook:~# mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /mnt
> mount: /dev/hdb is not a valid block device
> ibook:~# cat /etc/fstab
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options>
> <dump> <pass>
> /dev/hda11 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/hda10 none swap sw 0 0
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0
> ibook:~#
>
> Can anyone suggest what the correct device should be, or why I can't
> mount?
/dev/hdc?
If it's got a dual IDE bus in the iBook {I don;t know them well enough to
say so for sure}, it's quite possible - indeed, even probable - that the
HD is the master on one channel, and the CD is the master on the second.
That'd make the HD /dev/hda and the cdrom /dev/hdc
DaZZa
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