I've worked on four different 8.1 installations that had this problem. All of them had the CD pointing to cdrom0, but /dev/cdrom was pointing to ../cdroms/cdrom0. Creating that folder and copying cdrom0 to it fixed it. Sorry it didn't work on yours.
Joe On Wednesday 24 October 2001 12:23 am, you wrote: > I did try your fix, but it didn't do it. Here's the output of "symlinks > cd*" in the root dir and in /dev > > [root@localhost dev]# symlinks cd* > /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory > /dev/cdrom0: Not a directory > > [root@localhost /]# symlinks cd* > dangling: /cdroms/cdrom0 -> ../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd > > -Paul Rodríguez > > On Tue, 2001-10-23 at 23:15, Joseph Braddock wrote: > > I had a typo in my message. It should have read ... if you go to /dev > > and look at the links... not /etc. Sorry for any confusion. Also, to > > see where the cdrom is linked, while root (or su), cd to the /dev > > directory and type symlinks cd* and it should show you where your cd > > rom(s) are linked to. If the one called cdrom is not linked to > > ../dev/cdroms then don't bother with my fix. > > > > Joe > > > > On Tuesday 23 October 2001 10:07 pm, you wrote: > > > This isn't a good fix, but it will make your audio CDs work. I imagine > > > if you go to /etc and look at the links for cdroms, you will see the > > > one named cdrom flashing red (assuming you are at a shell and not using > > > Konqueror). The problem is that it is looking for a link to > > > ../cdroms/cdrom and the correct path should be /dev/cdroms/cdrom. I > > > haven't been successfull in changing it yet (well and getting the > > > change to stick), but I temporarily fixed it by making a directory off > > > of / called cdroms and then copied the files from /dev/cdroms to it. > > > > > > You might try that and see if works for you. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > On Tuesday 23 October 2001 09:55 pm, you wrote: > > > > Yeah, I'm running 8.1. I'm not quite sure how to check where my cd > > > > rom really is, but taking a look at HardDrake, my cdrom is listed as > > > > existing at /dev/hdc. And that seems to be what is listed in my > > > > fstab: > > > > > > > > /dev/hda6 / reiserfs noatime,notail 1 1 > > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > > > /dev/hda9 /home reiserfs noatime,notail 1 2 > > > > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto > > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 > > > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > > > > /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > > > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > > /dev/hda8 /usr reiserfs noatime,notail 1 2 > > > > /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > > It's strange, because it has no trouble reading data cds. But audio > > > > cds it can't even read. > > > > > > > > Thanks again. > > > > > > > > -Paul Rodríguez > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2001-10-23 at 06:46, Paul wrote: > > > > > In reply to Paul Rodríguez's words, written 22 Oct 2001 20:53:14 > > > > > -0400 > > > > > > > > > > >Hmm... ls -l /dev/cdrom give me this: > > > > > > > > > > > >[root@localhost root]# ls -l /dev/cdrom > > > > > >lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 16 Oct 22 05:13 /dev/cdrom > > > > > > -> ./cdroms/cdrom0 > > > > > > > > > > > >How do I go about changing this, and to what? > > > > > > > > > > I have seen this from other people who use 8.1 Are you on that? > > > > > Check where your fstab points to in respect to the cdrom. > > > > > And where your cdrom really is. /dev/hd? something. Then the > > > > > /dev/cdrom link needs to be updated, I guess, to that /dev/hd? > > > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > A mistake is evidence that someone tried to do something. > > > > > > > > > > http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 > > > > > Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws > > > > > Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------=_1003812773-1734-2281 > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ------------=_1003893187-1734-2593 > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >
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