Running Mandrake 9.1. RPM-drake is pointing to the wrong device and won't install anything from the installation CDs. I've seen other threads on this in the forum, have followed those suggestions, and am still having probs. The CD is mounted and I can see the contents, but RPM-drake keeps asking me to insert the disc into /dev/hdc. When I run RPM-drake I get the following:

[root@localhost root]# rpmdrake
unable to retrieve pathname for removable medium "Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1)"
unable to retrieve pathname for removable medium "Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2)"
unable to retrieve pathname for removable medium "International CD (x86) (cdrom3)"
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86 ) (cdrom1).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86 ) (cdrom2).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.International CD (x86) (cdrom3).cz]
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RPM-Drake is looking for: /dev/hdc
My fstab shows: /dev/scd0

dmesg shows the following:

sr1: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr1: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr1: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr0: CDROM not ready yet.
sr0: CDROM not ready yet.
sr0: disc change detected.
sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
sr1: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
sr1: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
cmpci: unloading
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0f.0
sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 196608 512-byte hdwr sectors (101 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target6/lun0: p4
[root@localhost root]#

I typed the following command to make symlink, but it didn't work:
[root@localhost root]# ln -sf /dev/sda /dev/hdc

I then tried: ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/hdc
and that didn't work, either. Maybe I did it wrong, or maybe I needed to remove the first one before trying to make another one?

How should it read?
And how do I remove the bad one(s) I made?

TIA
Siri Amrit

does mandrake use a /dev/cdrom symlink ? if so, does it point to /dev/hdc ?
in that case, just let point /dev/cdrom to your cdrom /dev/scd0.
you can also try /dev/sr0 instead of /dev/scd0, which should be the same device.
if mandrake does not use a /dev/cdrom symlink, try changing the cdrom entry in your fstab; should be something like:
/dev/sr0 /<cdrom mount point> iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
or
/dev/scd0 /<cdrom mount point> ...

if you tried that already, or if it's some rpm-drake or mandrake specific problem, just ignore my ramblings