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issues mounting cd drive

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boggles3
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Joined: 2006-08-25 02:42
Location: washington

issues mounting cd drive

#1 Post by boggles3 »

hi, i have recently installed debian etch and am running 2.16 kernel.
i am having issues mounting my cdrom drive..
i checked fstab, and its labeled in /dev/scd0
i checked my dev file and i couldnt find it in there..

mount: special device /dev/scd0 does not exist
this is what i get when i tried to mount it..
im not sure whats going on. but im sure its something simple im overlooking.

any help is appriciated.
thanks

greenhat
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Joined: 2006-06-03 17:32

#2 Post by greenhat »

If the dev file /dev/scd0 doesn't exist but /dev/cdrom does on your system, you could try creating a symbolic link to it. Login the terminal as root..

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ln -s /dev/cdrom  /dev/scd0
then pop in a CD and see if it can mount.

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