The case of the Vanishing CDROM drive

[tim <tim dreamlands com>]

Looking for advice on how to replace the missing cdrom drive.
So, /mnt/cdrom won't mount anything.
The device itself was /dev/hdc, and dmesg shows that it's a recognized
cd drive.
However in /dev there is not a hdc. 
I'm not sure how to create teh file for the device itself.
Any takers?

Thanks,
-tm