Hi Bruce, Im grateful for your help. It seems as though the problem is there is no /cdrom directory or files! Do you know how I can fix this? Perhaps load a disk image onto a floppy, or...? Thanks!
- Manu Here's the latest script: Agape:~# mount /dev/sonycd /cdrom mount: /dev/sonycd is not a block device Agape:~# ls -l /dev/sonycd /dev/cdrom ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory total 0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 15, 0 May 5 20:37 sonycd- Agape:~# ls -l /dev/cdrom ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory Agape:~# /dev/MAKEDEV /cdrom /dev/MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "/cdrom" Agape:~# /dev/MAKEDEV cdrom /dev/MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "cdrom" Agape:~# cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 Agape:~# ln -s /dev/sonycd /dev/cdrom Agape:~# mount /dev/sonycd /cdrom mount: /dev/sonycd is not a block device Agape:~# exit exit Script done on Fri May 5 21:21:37 2000 In a message dated 5/5/00 9:07:46 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << > 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 Ack! Try: "ls -l /dev/sonycd /dev/cdrom" a{b,c} == ab ac, or at least it is if bash is the shell <...> > 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 Hmmm, where are the dump and pass flags; there should be "0 1" at the end of the "/dev/hda2" line, and "0 0" at the end of the others. Also, try "cat /etc/fstab", instead of "ae fstab". You could add: /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 > 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 This looks ok. I think your problem is that there is no node in /dev for the sonycd ("cd /dev;./MAKEDEV sonycd" should fix it, but I can't say for sure without seeing the output of the ls command given earlier). This is what it looks like on my system: # ls -l /dev/sonycd /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 7 21:53 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/sonycd brw-rw---- 1 root root 15, 0 Feb 12 00:20 /dev/sonycd later, Bruce >>