cdrom in RH7.2

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Lee wrote:
> Just installed rh7.2 on my box. The box is a dual hd unit with the hds being
> hda , hdc. The CD burner is listed by dmseg as hdb and the standard cd as
> hdd.  After install with kde got 2 icons cdrom and cdrom1 on the desk top.
> When accessed got can't mount no device cdrom or cdrom. When I riclick the
> properties I find that the cdrom is listed as  device /dev/cdrom (or cdrom1),
> mount point is /mnt/cdrom, fs type iso9660. Tried to change device to
> /dev/hdd 4,3,2,1 no go still got a no such device as /dev/cdrom error message
> when trying to mount. Tried changing mount point to /mnt/hdd, hdd4,3,2,1,
> still got error message of no such block device.

hddx specifies a partition on the device hdd.  Unless you've got some
really really weird CDs, they don't have partitions, and thus, are called
simply, hdd.

> Anyone know how to setup these cdrom usings the icon right click properties
> setup.With a system that has a hd as the primary master and cd burner as the
> primary slave (hdb). With rh on the secondary master hd (hdc) and the cdrom
> as the secondary slave (hdd)?

Sorry, i avoid KDE and all of its kludged icons like the plague.  Good
`ole 'mount' works just fine for me in RH-7.2.

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