Hello! Bruce, thanks for the tip about script. For whatever reason, man didnt work, but I got the script working anyway. Here are the relevant excerpts:
Agape:~# ls -l /dev/{sonycd,cdrom} ls: /dev/{sonycd,: No such file or directory ls: cdrom}: No such file or directory Agape:~# /dev/MAKEDEV sonycd Agape:~# ln -s /dev/{sonycd, cdrom} Agape:~# mount /dev/sonycd /cdrom mount: /dev/sonycd is not a block device Agape:~# mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist Agape:/etc# ae fstab File "fstab" 345 bytes read. 7m....5...10....5...20....5...30....5...40....5...50....5...60.... 5...70....5...80 /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro /dev/hda3 none swap proc /proc proc defaults << EOF >> Agape:/etc# lsmod Module Size Used by cdu31a 21448 0 (unused) serial 18412 0 parport_pc 5492 1 (autoclean) lp 5184 0 (unused) parport 6600 1 [parport_pc lp] vfat 8972 0 (unused) smbfs 24104 0 (unused) binfmt_aout 3668 0 Will I have to add some information to fstab, then? Thanks! - Manu In a message dated 5/4/00 1:58:15 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << n Wed, 3 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help so far. I was able to get the cdrom module > installed by using modconf. Now, however, I can't get the cdrom to mount, > and the archives and howtos are of no help. Using the normal mount command, > I get "special device does not exist" or "sonycd is not a block device", > basically no matter what. The same thing happens when trying to install > applications from dselect: nothing I type in is recognized as a block device. > This is on a 486 with a Sony CDU33A cdrom. Using lsmod the device driver > for the cdrom does show up. > Any tips/strategies? Thank you! You are not really giving enough information, look at "man script" to find out how to capture what you are doing in a file you can include in your messages to the list. What is the output of "ls -l /dev/{sonycd,cdrom}"? (To make sure that the node for the sonycd device exists, and cdrom is linked to it. Do a, "/dev/MAKEDEV sonycd" as root, if it doesn't exist; do, "ln -s /dev/{sonycd,cdrom}" if there is no link between the two.) When you do a "mount ..." command; what are the "..." bits and what is the output? (There are different mount command forms, some require fstab to be setup properly in order to work.) What does your /etc/fstab look like? (This can affect what "..." could be, and sets up some permissions and access parameters.) later, Bruce >>