Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

[David Talkington <dtalk prairienet org>]

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Manuel Camacho wrote:

>When I issue mount /dev/cdrom, I am getting a "/dev/cdrom is not a valid 
>block device error".
 
I don't know about the rest of y'all, but personally, I just change
/etc/fstab such that /mnt/cdrom is a mount point for /dev/scd0.  Then
'modprobe ide-scsi', and 'mount /mnt/cdrom'.  Joy ensues.

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