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c_story
12-08-2000, 11:21 PM
I'm having problems.. first of all, I don't understand like i should.. i haven't had time... (long story)
But, (i have debian potato 2.2x) i'm having problems mounting my cd rom drive. When i look in /dev/ i find NO 'cdrom' which is what i need to mount that stupid cd rom drive.. (you know .. fstab.. and you have that silly line that goes: /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 )
that's what i use.. and i don't have /dev/cdrom .. which bugs me..
and i wonder if i neeed to have a specific mount point for my drive.. or if the cdrom one will work.. .cuz i've got a mitsubiti drive.. or is the cdrom mount point generic?
i need that cdrom mount point and i don't have it.. !! (*ahh!*)

[This message has been edited by c_story (edited 08 December 2000).]

pbharris
12-08-2000, 11:37 PM
hello,
the cdrom entry in /dev is just a link to what ever device it really is, e.g. if it is an IDE drive hooked up to the secondary IDE controller and is set to be master then it is hdc and a link is needed.
ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom will create the link. after that mounting should work!

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