Braden N. McDaniel wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist [mailto:thelist]On Behalf Of Paul Anderson
> > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 1998 8:37 PM
> > To: Braden N. McDaniel
> > Subject: Re: Mounting a SCSI CD-ROM
> >
> >
> > Braden N. McDaniel wrote:
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: thelist [mailto:thelist]On Behalf Of Paul Anderson
> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 1998 6:56 PM
> > > > To: Braden N. McDaniel
> > > > Subject: Re: Mounting a SCSI CD-ROM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Braden N. McDaniel wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: thelist [mailto:thelist]On Behalf Of Paul Anderson
> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 1998 6:28 PM
> > > > > > To: Braden N. McDaniel
> > > > > > Subject: Re: Mounting a SCSI CD-ROM
> > > > >
> > > > > [snip]
> > > > >
> > > > > > Try:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > cd /dev
> > > > > > rm -f cdrom
> > > > > > ln -s scd0 cdrom
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That should make it work for oyu.
> > > > >
> > > > > No dice, I'm afraid. I get the same error in fstool I initially
> > > > reported.
> > > > >
> > > > > Prismatic Booger
> > > > > Braden N. McDaniel, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > <http://www.shadow.net/%7Ebraden/>
> > > >
> > > > OK....do an ls -al.  Do both drivers show the same
> > permissions and "c"?
> > >
> > > results:
> > > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            4 Apr 25 18:15 cdrom -> scd0
> > > brw-rw----   1 root     disk      11,   0 Jul  1  1996 scd0
> > >
> > > I don't know what you mean by "c".
> > >
> > > Prismatic Booger
> > > Braden N. McDaniel, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > <http://www.shadow.net/%7Ebraden/>
> >
> > Forgot it was a hard disk...should be b (block) [c is for character].
> >
> > So
> >
> > cd /dev
> > rm -f cdrom
> > mknod b 11 0 cdrom
> 
> This last command appears to be unsuccessful. I just get
> 
>         Try 'mknod --help' for more information.
> 
> and there is no cdrom file created. And unfortunately I don't find the
> information returned by 'mknod --help' to be sufficiently informative.
> 
> Prismatic Booger
> Braden N. McDaniel, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <http://www.shadow.net/%7Ebraden/>

Forgot Red Hat does it a little different.  mknod cdrom b 11 0

Paul Anderson


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