Lord Xoi wrote: > > > should that be something like `modprobe ide-cdrom' instead? I guess you > > should just look for the correct module by running > > modprobe cdrom > > modprobe : Can't locate module cdrom > > modprobe ide-crom > > modprobe : Can't locate module ide-cdrom oops, my mistake.. perhaps you need to try `modprobe ide-cd' > >> Are you sure your cdrom is hdc? > > > > this can be determined by looking at the boot logs, BTW. Try running > > `dmesg', or looking in the /var/log/dmesg or /var/log/messages files. > > This is my messages file: [snip messages] Hmm, that looked very strange.. I didn't see (m)any ordinary boot messages. Perhaps all of that stuff got dumped into /var/log/dmesg. Either that, or run `dmesg' just after you boot.. In the boot messages, you should see something similar to this: hdd: [model name], ATAPI CDROM drive . . . hdd: hdd: ATAPI CD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache ...if it's an ordinary IDE drive, at least.. > I did manage to get my floppy drive working with a simple: > > mount /floppy > > but > > mount /cdrom > > didn't work Floppies have fairly standardized controllers (at least on x86), so it's not surprising that it works. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ HAL 9000: Dave. Put down / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ those Windows disks, \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) Dave. DAVE! [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org