-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, whenever I mount my cdrom, (which looks like this:
[neat]% ls -al /dev/cdrom lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 Oct 15 22:48 /dev/cdrom -> cdroms/cdrom0 ) I just: [root.deception]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only [root.deception]# ls -al /mnt/cdrom/ total 1 dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Sep 26 09:10 ./ drwx--x--x 5 root root 1024 Sep 28 10:33 ../ - -r--r--r-- 15 root root 65 Sep 1 2000 autorun.inf dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Sep 26 09:10 Boot/ - -r--r--r-- 6 root root 18393 Aug 16 20:35 COPYING dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Sep 26 09:10 doc/ dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Sep 26 09:10 dosutils/ dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Sep 26 09:10 images/ - -r--r--r-- 6 root root 9056 Aug 16 20:35 index.htm - -r--r--r-- 6 root root 11716 Aug 27 15:41 install.htm - -r--r--r-- 6 root root 7983 Aug 27 15:41 INSTALL.txt - -r--r--r-- 15 root root 1337 Mar 21 2001 LICENSE-APPS.txt - -r--r--r-- 6 root root 4439 Aug 16 20:35 LICENSE.txt - -r-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2414 Sep 25 07:47 live_update* dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 2048 Sep 26 09:10 Mandrake/ dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Sep 26 09:10 misc/ - -r--r--r-- 6 root root 3870 Sep 24 10:54 README.txt - -r--r--r-- 15 root root 2999 Apr 14 2001 RPM-GPG-KEYS dr-xr-xr-x 40 root root 6144 Sep 26 09:20 .rr_moved/ dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 2048 Sep 26 09:10 tutorial/ - -r--r--r-- 1 root root 47 Sep 26 09:17 VERSION [root.deception]# Works fine for me. Hope this helps. On Thursday 18 October 2001 03:37 pm, Bob Torres wrote: > Hi, > > After a fresh install of 8.1, I'm having trouble playing audio cds. I > checked /dev and found that /dev/cdrom was pointing to a non-existent > device. To wit: > > [root@thunderchicken dev]# ls -l cdrom > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 16 Oct 18 15:08 cdrom -> > ./cdroms/cdrom0 > > This is a non-existent device. I know the cd reads regular cds as > /dev/hdb, so I look to see where that's linked. It points to: > > hdb -> ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/cd > > cdrom4 similarly points to: > > cdrom4 -> ../ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/cd > > Telling an audiocd program (for example, the basic one in gnome) to play > /dev/cdrom4 makes the cd play. The problem is, as you surely know, most > programs look to /dev/cdrom for the cd. > > Finally, my question. How do I point /dev/cdrom to the proper device? > I tried to remove the dead link and re-link it, but automagically the > old link shows up and I'm told that the file already exits when I try to > symlink. Have I done too many drugs? Am I missing something > fundamental here? How can I get /dev/cdrom to point to the cdrom? > > TIA > > Bob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7zzzKbcyqJv2e04ARAqzqAKCeXYoXOdxTnDKpFs5E1p5JBKUTewCdG5rb 3UcsnblJbo878j7zLtVRBb8= =rNmE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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