Cheap Linux Hardware - System doesn't mount 2nd cdrom drive

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System doesn't mount 2nd cdrom drive

Sergio Millich

2004-12-27, 7:45 am

I'm no expert so this may not be very explicit: my PC runs Suse Linux
9.1, it has a dvd drive and a cdrom drive. In the boot log I see both
devices apparently detected and assigned to /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd
respectively. When I start the session, my cdrom drive isn't mapped and
does not appear in my hardware list. Suse usually mounts the drive on
/dev/cdrom and maps it to /media/cdrom, but the /dev/cdrom mount point
doesn't exist anymore (initially it was linked to /dev/hdc so I couldn't
access the cdrom anyways). Any suggestion would be welcome.

Sergio Millich

2004-12-27, 7:45 am

"lupylucke" <simonbachmann@bluewin.ch> a écrit dans le message de news:
41cfef1b_1@news.bluewin.ch...
>
> Sergio Millich <millichs@iprolink.ch> wrote in message
> 33a2iuF3tfjq6U1@uni-berlin.de...
> I'm not sure I understood exactly your problem.
> If it's just your /dev/cdrom link that needs to be (re)created yuo can do
> it
> with this command:
>
> ln -sf /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom
>
> The same way you can create a link /dev/dvd that points to your dvd
> device:
>
> ln -sf /dev/hdd /dev/dvd
>
> hope this helps you
>
> Ciao
>
>
Thank you for your answer but the problem really is that my cdrom drive
isn't detected. It is nowhere in my hardware listings. I guess I'll have to
reinstall Linux or is there another way?

Sergio