/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device.

[James Wilkinson]

Geoff Hacker wrote:
> I have upgraded from FC1 to FC2. Now I cannot access my CD-ROM drive.
> When I type 'mount /mnt/cdrom', it says '/dev/cdrom is not a valid
> block device.'

<snip>
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358smp ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
> 
> 4. 'ls -la /dev/cdrom' produces:
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Aug 12 22:45 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc

Looks like your installation is confused as to whether it should use
ide-scsi for the CD-ROM. Take the hdc=ide-scsi out of the kernel command
line in grub.conf, reboot, and see if that helps.

When you come to burn CDs, you may need to reconfigure
/etc/cdrecord.conf to include something like this:

# drive name    device          speed   fifosize driveropts
#
cdrw=           /dev/cdrom      -1      -1      burnfree

And thanks for such a clear problem report.

Hope this helps,

James.

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