[olug] mounting my cd-rom

[Chad S. Lauritsen]

you might change the /etc/fstab from /dev/cdrom to /dev/hd_, replacing _
with the appropriate letter for the drive. Is the new cdrw drive set to
the same master/slave setting as the old drive? 

mesc wrote:
> 
> I get this error message when trying to mount my cd-rom with the mount
> /mnt/cdrom command>>
> mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device......I had a regular
> cd-rom on my computer but I just installed a cd-rw.Linux sees it at
> bootup and the line corresponing to the cd-rom in /etc/fstab worked for
> my old cd-rom so I'm assuming /etc/fstab  is ok.Any ideas what may be
> wrong?
> 
>                 Thank you,Gary Martin
> 
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