mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

From: Edwin Humphries (edwin_at_ironstone.com.au)
Date: 04/29/04

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:12:03 +1000

    G'day,

    I'm getting the error message "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block
    device" when I try to mount the CD.

    This is after installing RH7.2 on an old Pentium I/166 (to modify an
    old 7.2-based application); the box has no floppy drive. I raise that
    because the /dev/cdrom symlink points to /dev/hdb (not hdc as I
    believe is normal) and the log shows the following:

    localhost kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97
    localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel drivers/ide/ide-cd.o:
    insmod ide-cd failed
    localhost kernel: hdb: driver not present

    dmesg shows multiple repeats of:
    ide-floppy driver 0.97
    hdb: driver not present

    The fstab line shows:
    /dev/cdrom/ /mnt/cdrom/ iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0

    Should the /dev/cdrom symlink be pointing to /dev/hdc rather than
    dev/hdb? If so, how do I change it - I haven't done that yet?

    Edwin Humphries,
    Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
    edwin@ironstone.com.au
    www.ironstone.com.au
    Phone: 02 4233 2285
    Fax: 02 4233 2299
    Mobile: 0419 233 051 

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