[H-GEN] Not a valid block device

[Paul Cornford]

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Nikolai Lusan wrote:

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>On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Paul Cornford wrote:
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>>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".
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>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.
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>       2) is the disc in the drive a valid iso9660 image? 
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Yes

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>       3) does you kernel have iso9660 support? 
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Yes, it is the default installation kernel.

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>>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".
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>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 :)
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>Nikolai Lusan
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I think I will try  "/sbin/modprobe cdrom" option suggested by David 
(Thanks David) and if that fails I'll upgrade the kernel. I don't have 
access to the machine right now to test it. Thanks for your valued help.

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