We have a winner. Broken CD . I guiess I've been hackin' too hard.... Roderick P. Person aka Roddie Rod ? 454-2616 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message----- > From: E.L. Meijer (Eric) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 4:14 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Stumped!! Cdrom not a valid block dev. > > > > > My cdrom has worked fine for months - after i figure out it was a > > goldstar. Now Debian claims it is not a valid block device. > > > > On boot, I get the cdrom detected, happy goldstar message. which is > good. > > I try to mount it and I get not a valid block dev. I tried to MAKEDEV > and > > it seem to compile but still not lucky. I even tried mount cdrom, but of > > course in /etc/fstab it is /dev/gscd. Any help on this one? > > Um, this may be a silly question, but is there a CD in the drive? > Also, I think you will get such a message if the CD is broken, or > audio format, so try another one. Also, it sometimes helps to reseat > the connectors of your cdrom. Does it work in other OS-s? > > No offense intended ;) > > Eric Meijer > > -- > E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 > Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 > Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
