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

[Edwin Humphries]

G'day,

I'm getting the error message "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block 
device" when I try to mount the CD.

This is after installing RH7.2 on an old Pentium I/166 (to modify an 
old 7.2-based application); the box has no floppy drive. I raise that 
because the /dev/cdrom symlink points to /dev/hdb (not hdc as I 
believe is normal) and the log shows the following:

localhost kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97
localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel drivers/ide/ide-cd.o: 
insmod ide-cd failed
localhost kernel: hdb: driver not present

dmesg shows multiple repeats of:
ide-floppy driver 0.97
hdb: driver not present

The fstab line shows:
/dev/cdrom/  /mnt/cdrom/  iso9660  noauto,owner,kudzu,ro  0 0

Should the /dev/cdrom symlink be pointing to /dev/hdc rather than 
dev/hdb? If so, how do I change it - I haven't done that yet?

Edwin Humphries,
Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
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