Does the /cdrom directory exist? Try the following and see what you get: mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom
-Ricky On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Harvey Ussery wrote: > I've just installed DebianPPC3.0(Woody) on an 833Mhz iMac 17"LCD. I > cannot mount cdrom drive. > > In /dev/cdrom the link to cdrom shows as: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Nov 21 11:50 cdrom -> hdb > and hdb shows as: > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 64 Mar 14 2002 hdb > > In /etc/fstab the line for /cdrom is: > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9960 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > > But when I do: > mount cdrom [as root] > hdb: driver not present > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device > > Since I installed Woody from the official CDs, I would have assumed the > driver for the CDROM is in place. Why am I getting "hdb: driver not > present"? Likewise, why is /dev/cdrom showing as not a valid device? > > Any assistance for a debian newbie or pointers to the relevant doc > greatly appreciated. Thanks. --HU > > _______________________________________________ > shenlug mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.tux.org/mailman/listinfo/shenlug > >
