cdrom not recogonized/no hda/"special device" not found etc.
I'm an absolute beginner at Linux, so please bear with me:
The DVD-RW works correctly under 2.4.27, but sound does not, so I downloaded the debian kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp and my DVD-RW is no longer recognized, under "Devices" in Konquerer: Floppy Hard Disc (dev)[/.dev] Hard Disc (dev)[/media/cdrom0] ... etc ... With a DVD in the tray (or CD), when I open (hda)[/media/cdrom0] I get the message: "mount: special device /dev/hda does not exist Please check that the disk is entered correctly." followed by "mount: special device /dev/hda does not exist Please check that the disk is entered correctly." My system specs are here: http://global.shuttle.com/Product/ba...ew.asp?B_id=28 I've had both Fedora Core 3 and Mandrake 10.1 successfully installed on this same system. I've been googling and reading these forums for a couple of hours and am at wit's end, any ideas? |
I assume that you use IDE drives.
if you check /proc/ide you will see what drives are seen by your kernel. in my case it looks like this: dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:30 . dr-xr-xr-x 127 root root 0 2005-01-23 20:58 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:32 drivers lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2005-01-23 23:32 hda -> ide0/hda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2005-01-23 23:32 hdb -> ide0/hdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2005-01-23 23:32 hdf -> ide2/hdf dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:31 ide0 dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:32 ide2 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:32 pdc202xx -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:32 via linuxbox:/proc/ide # if I check what's in the ide folders I get: dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:31 . dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:30 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:33 channel -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:33 config dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:33 hda dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:32 hdb -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:33 mate -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:33 model linuxbox:/proc/ide/ide0 # if I check say the hdb folder I get: dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:32 . dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:31 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:34 capacity -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:34 driver -r-------- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:34 identify -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:34 media -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:34 model -rw------- 1 root root 0 2005-01-23 23:34 settings linuxbox:/proc/ide/ide0/hdb # and the ' media ' file shows: linuxbox:/proc/ide/ide0/hdb # more media cdrom linuxbox:/proc/ide/ide0/hdb # that way YOU can find out what device is linked to your cdrom drive. and then for data cds: mount -t iso9660 -o,ro /dev/<cdrom-device> /destination I recommend to set a link named ' cdrom ' to that device in the /dev folder: cd /dev ln -s /dev/<cdrom-device> cdrom |
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