Re: dev package does not have /dev/cdrom

[Robert L Cochran <cochranb speakeasy net>]

I stand corrected.

To my surprise, entries for /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom1 (cdrom1 would 
point to my HP CD Writer) were not created in fstab during the initial 
installation of Fedora Core. I don't use CDs much these days so I didn't 
notice this till recently.

I removed the graphical boot for this machine and noticed boot time 
errors this morning for /dev/cdrom. I then  tried mounting a CD. It failed.

So, there is a configuration script somewhere that is not creating the 
right symlinks.

Bob

Jos Vos wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 09:33:46AM -0400, Robert L Cochran wrote:
>
>
> > By the way, the dev package isn't listed as a component for Fedora Core 
> > in Bugzilla.
> >
> > But anyhow, /dev/cdrom does not seem to be in the dev package. So, I 
> > can't mount a CD.
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=106319
>
>
> /dev/cdrom should normally be a symlink to your CD device, like hdc, so
> it shouldn't be in the dev package (and it has never been there, IIRC).
>
> /dev/cdrom is normally created by Anaconda or some config program.
>
> Cheers,

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Bob Cochran
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
http://greenbeltcomputer.biz/