Not correct. I did a 'supermount -i disable' and it butchered my fstab but did not create a '/dev/hdc' node nor did it improve my access to the cdrom and floppy drive. Any other suggestions? Al Niessner On Sun, 2001-09-23 at 15:28, civileme wrote: > On Sunday 23 September 2001 23:06, Al Niessner wrote: > > I just installed 8.1 rc1 -- clean install because I want to play with > > xfs. Now when I try to mount my cdrom or floppy I get 'unknown device' > > and /var/log/messages contains: > > > > Sep 23 15:08:01 charon modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module > > block-major-143 > > > > I used DrakConf->Hardware to scan my system and if found the cdrom as > > hdc, but there is no /dev/hdc. Unfortunately I forget what the major and > > minor are for hdc otherwise I would simply create it using mknod. > > > > There is the link /dev/cdrom which is unusual to say the least. Here is > > how it translates: > > > > [root@charon dev]# ls -l /dev/cdrom > > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 Sep 23 10:30 /dev/cdrom -> > > cdroms/cdrom0 > > [root@charon dev]# ls -l /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 > > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Dec 31 1969 > > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 -> ../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd > > > > I am not familar with this new set of references and it may because my > > '/' is XFS. If so, what is wrong with my fstab? > > > > [root@charon dev]# cat /etc/fstab > > # the basic file systems needed by Linux > > /dev/hda6 /boot ext2 noatime 1 2 > > /dev/hda7 / xfs noatime 1 1 > > /dev/hda8 /home xfs noatime 1 2 > > > > # the virtual file systems used by Linux > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > > # the supermounts for the removable media > > #/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/dvd 0 0 > > #/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,exec,noatime 0 0 > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,user,exec,noatime 0 0 > > > > # the optional file systems that the user may mount when desired > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windoze vfat > > noauto,user,exec,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > > > > # and of course, swap. > > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > NOTE: this is an fstab from 8.0->8.1beta1->8.1rc1 with ext2 only that I > > used and I just idioticly over wrote the 8.1rc1 with xfs without looking > > at it first thinking that there would be no difference except the xfs. > > > > Any and all help is appreciated. > > > > Al Niessner > > > In a term, do > > supermount -i disable > > and /dev/hdc will be in /etc/fstab. Right now, it is hiding behind a > supermount of /mnt/cdrom > > Civileme > > With the advent of devfs, /dev/cdrom is no longer needed nor does it serve > any purpose. > > Civileme > > > ------------=_1001273380-779-1151 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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