Subject: Re: Valid Block Device.
From: Jim Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Fri Feb 15 2002 - 00:03:43 AKST
Adam,
What does 'ls -l /dev/cdrom*' show?
It should show a softlink to 'hdc' or whatever your CDROM is:
/dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc
And what's in your '/etc/fstab' file?
Your fstab should have a line similar to:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
We ran into something on that box Neil Moomey was showing off a couple
of weeks ago where the CDROM was detected as an ide-cd during the
install but linux insisted on talking to it using ide-scsi afterward, or
vice-versa, or something like that. I remember even James Gibson was
having a hard time with it. Maybe if Neil's paying attention to the list
he'll tell how it was finally resolved.
Jim Gribbin
On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 16:21, Adam Elkins wrote:
>
> Ok, Can't mount CDROM, say "Not a Valid Block Device".
> Everywhere I look, the cdrom is listed as a block device....
> My questions are;
> What is a block device?
> How do I fix this?
>
> (Red Hat 7.2)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam
>
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