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JMK 01-18-2004 02:34 PM

updating /etc/fstab
 
when bootin iv just noticed it says

updating /etc/fstab cannot stat /dev/cdrom no such file or directory is this why my cd rom isnt workin and is there any way to fix it ?

Tinkster 01-18-2004 02:52 PM

What distro are you using? (I'd hate it
if my distro decided to do things like that
on my behalf during a normal boot, btw,
that's just as evil as winDOHs ;})...

That message probably just means that
you haven't got a symlink from your
physical device (/dev/hd?, /dev/scd?)
to /dev/cdrom ...


Cheers,
Tink

JMK 01-18-2004 03:23 PM

redhat 9 shrike i686 and there is no cd rom detected at all when i boot into gnome or KDE

JMK 01-18-2004 03:24 PM

aslo the dvd and cdrom flashes red from the console

[j@dhcp-194-1986063 j]$ ls -l /dev/dvd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec 28 02:02 /dev/dvd -> cdrom

Looking_Lost 01-18-2004 04:11 PM

Do an

ls -l /dev/cdrom

and see if it's pointing to /dev/hdd or whatever as mentioned

if not try linking it

ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom

JMK 01-18-2004 06:19 PM

tried the command you said in the console and i didnt get any errors but i rebooted and still get the same error about no such file or directory ,.....

michaelk 01-18-2004 07:15 PM

What was the output from the commands that looking_lost posted?

JMK 01-20-2004 12:35 PM

finally got it working just did the command mount /dev/scd0 and everything works fine now :D thanks for the help ;)


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