mount failed on cdrom

[Sveede]

I am running rh 7.1 on a cyrix mediaGX platform, i have had a CDROM connected all the time, as i installed RH from it. I also have used the CDROM without any complications before.

All of a sudden, mount reports: /dev/cdrom is not a block device (try -o loop).

i tried -o loop, then mount reports:
mount: no such device or address.
FAT bread failed
mount: you must specify file system type


or

/dev/loop0 no such device or address
FAT bread failed
mount: you must specify file system type


Any clues?

[pbharris]

hum...
wheat happens when you type
mount -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom?
you are already trying this? well, type ls -l /dev | grep cdrom there should be a link from /dev/cdrom to the actual device, e.g. /dev/hdc or maybe /dev/scd0.
Then type ls -l /dev/the_device_which_the_link_points_to
there should be two numbers, in my case they are 3 and 64. What do yours say? (if I don't reply or check back please email me)

brw------- 1 pbharris disk 3, 64 May 5 1998 hdb

[Sveede]

I figured it out!

/dev/cdrom was empty, so i added the symbolic link to /dev/hdb (my cd).

and all was calm

Thanks all, sorry