[H-GEN] Not a valid block device

[Nikolai Lusan]

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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Paul Cornford wrote:

> running prior to this installation with CD ROM access.  When I try
> mounting it I get the message "mount: /dev/cdrom: is not a valid block
> device".
With a cdrom this could be one of a couple of things:
       1) /dev/cdrom is generally a symlink, if it isn't pointing at a
          real device that is a problem.

       2) is the disc in the drive a valid iso9660 image? if not that
          will cause a problem.

       3) does you kernel have iso9660 support? if not that will cause a
          problem.


> dmesg gives "hdb: SONY CDU4811, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive". I have tried
> mounting it manually using "mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom" but
> still the same error. (The cdrom is on the second IDE port and there is
> only one hard drive with one ext3 partition and one swap partition). The
> fstab entry is
> "/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660
> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0".
if dmesg says hdb the mount hdb, /dev/cdrom being a symlink can get a
bit confusing if you put in multiple cdroms. The drive is obvioulsy
there and recognised, so you could have other issues - look at the
things above :)


Nikolai Lusan



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