On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, shock wrote:
> * Michael D. Schleif ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > > Does the required device exist? > > > > man MAKEDEV > > cd dev; ./MAKEDEV [ -n ] [ -v ] update > > # ls -al /dev/cdrom > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 29 20:53 /dev/cdrom -> sr0 > > # ls -al /dev/sr0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 13 19:32 /dev/sr0 -> scd0 > > # ls -al /dev/scd0 > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 21, 0 Dec 13 19:54 /dev/scd0 That's not what mine says: brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Nov 22 2000 /dev/scd0 The 'c' at the beginning of your ls means 'character device'. The 'b' on mine means 'block device'. So your error messages are correct. Try: rm /dev/scd0 && mknod /dev/scd0 b 11 0 Optionally, chgrp cdrom /dev/scd0 -jwb