[RH List] mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Edwin Humphries wrote:

>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?
>  
>
    /dev/cdrom should point to whatever the physical device is for the 
CD.  If the CD is a slave on the first IDE bus, then it's /dev/hdb.  If 
it's a master on the second IDE bus, it's /dev/hdc, and if it's a slave 
on the second bus, then it's /dev/hdd.

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