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Hi

I have installed redhat Linux 3.03 from a CD-ROM. when I completed the
installation I made a LILO boot floppy which I use to boot the system
and it boots just fine. The problem is I can not access the CD-ROM drive
from Linux and I have tried something like mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom
/mnt but in vain since there is no cdrom file in the /dev directory.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Humud Ali Said

If there is no /dev/cdrom then either create a link from /dev/cdrom
to the actual device ie /dev/hdc or use the actual address in the
mount command ie

mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

hda is the master of the primary ide
hdb is the slave of the primary ide
hdc is the master of the secondary ide

Hope this helps

Andy.

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Make sure you installed the IDE Kernel (from package Q)

Additionally, I suggest making a directory in /mnt for
your mountpoint.. ie /mnt/cdrom.  This way you can use
that dir for other mounts, such as /mnt/floppy, etc.

CB

Hello,

I have installed Redhat Linux 3.0.3. I can load everything including
Xwindows. But the problem is I can't mount the CD-ROM. When I started
the installation (From MSDOS), I specified the CD-ROM as /dev/hdb but
when I try (within Linux) to run mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom it
give me an error message "hdb has a wrong major or minor number". I have
tried using hdb1, hdb2... with no success.

Can anyone please help me the right device file in the /dev directory. I
am using a four speed pioneer CD-ROM (ATAPI).

Thanks in advance,

Humud

Try using /dev/hdc (or hdc1, hdc2...) - everything looks ok except where
you are trying to mount it.

-Matt

Quote:> Hello,

> I have installed Redhat Linux 3.0.3. I can load everything including
> Xwindows. But the problem is I can't mount the CD-ROM. When I started
> the installation (From MSDOS), I specified the CD-ROM as /dev/hdb but
> when I try (within Linux) to run mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom it
> give me an error message "hdb has a wrong major or minor number". I have
> tried using hdb1, hdb2... with no success.

> Can anyone please help me the right device file in the /dev directory. I
> am using a four speed pioneer CD-ROM (ATAPI).

> Thanks in advance,

> Humud

: Hi

: I have installed redhat Linux 3.03 from a CD-ROM. when I completed the
: installation I made a LILO boot floppy which I use to boot the system
: and it boots just fine. The problem is I can not access the CD-ROM drive
: from Linux and I have tried something like mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom
: /mnt but in vain since there is no cdrom file in the /dev directory.

: Any help will be greatly appreciated.

: Humud Ali Said

Try the command mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /cdrom
the /dec/hdc is the directory or mount point for the cdrom that was found
in boot up. If you look through the boot up messages you will find a line
that reads something like found cdrom at /dev/hdc. use where is was found
and substitte it in the above line and use /cdrom for your mount point it
should work ok. If you can't read as fast as the *y thing is
outputting to the screen (and who can). Use the command dmesg after you
login and that will give you all those bootup messaes.

hope this helps.
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