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Re: [TCLUG:6098] block device
> [wilson@galileo wilson]$ mount /mnt/cdrom
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device
> (maybe `insmod driver'?)
[snip]
> [wilson@galileo wilson]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom /dev/cdrw
> 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 10:17 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0
> 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 10:18 /dev/cdrw -> /dev/scd1
My own wild and crazy guess would be that for some reason, your system isn't
recognizing those drives as CD drives..
Looking in /dev, I see that the /dev/sd* devices all have 8 as the major
number. The /dev/scd* devices have 11. Look in /proc/devices, see if the
entries for 8 and/or 11 are there. Try mounting /dev/sda for the hell of it.
Just try some things, I guess.. Heck, even try mounting /dev/st0.
As you can tell, I have no idea what I'm talking about, so maybe the best idea
is to ignore what I just said ;-)
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