Re: /dev/hdc not a valid block device

["Leonard den Ottolander" <leonardjo hetnet nl>]

		Hello Charles,

> The problem started when I installed a SCSI tape drive.

 Just the tape or the controller as well? Well, you answered that one already 
:). So it's not an irq conflict.

> "hdc: driver not present"
> (Which seems odd as I haven't touched the kernal, so how could it have
> gone?)

 Maybe you compiled a custom kernel before, and made ide-cd as a module? In 
that case you should check your conf.modules, to see if it is still being 
loaded. Possibly kudzu removed it. Don't run kudzu at every boot. Just enable 
it when you remove or add hardware.
 Anyway, does the CDROM reappear when you remove the tape drive (and run 
kudzu)?

				CU,

				Leonard.