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Old 06-17-2001, 09:11 PM   #1
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I'm using Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 with a Sony CDU-711 ATAPI cd-rom. When I attempt to mount the cd ("mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom"), it returns the following error message:
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mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device
(maybe 'insmod driver'?)
I also checked dmesg and could not find any references to hdc (the cd is set up as a secondary master). I don't think there's a problem with the cd-rom as I installed OpenLinux from a cd-boot...

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TIA

*edit: typo fixed*

[Edited by Yawmark on 06-17-2001 at 10:31 PM]
 
Old 06-17-2001, 09:27 PM   #2
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its the other way around:
"mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom", but you can also simplify this if the entry is in /etc/fstab, like:
"mount /mnt/cdrom" or "mount /dev/hdc"
 
Old 06-17-2001, 09:30 PM   #3
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mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
I'm sorry - that's what I typed - got it backwards in the post.

It still doesn't work - same message. The following is located in /etc/fstab:
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/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
 
Old 06-17-2001, 09:55 PM   #4
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ok. what does "cat /var/log/messages | grep hdc" say? /dev/cdrom is actually a link to a real block device like /dec/sonycd. is it linked? try "ls -la /dev/cdrom" to see or "file /dev/cdrom". is your cdrom support a loadable module? then "lsmod" wills how if its loaded or look in /lib/modules/KERNEL_VERSION/fs for isofs.o or "cat /proc/modules". any errors before? changed the drive from slave to master?
 
Old 06-17-2001, 10:14 PM   #5
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"cat /var/log/messages..." returns:

June 17 20:26:22 linux kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xc808-0xc80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio

I haven't changed anything on the drive, but it hasn't worked since install. It's not a propietary drive, so I'm assuming it uses the same IDE driver that's compiled in the kernel. Am I wrong about that???
 
  


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