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[ILUG] CDROM mount problems (major and minor numbers)

[ILUG] CDROM mount problems (major and minor numbers)

Gerard Gorman g.gorman at ic.ac.uk
Tue Mar 27 12:11:35 IST 2001


Paul Askins wrote:
> 
> Perhaps pass an argument to the kernel at boot such as hdc=ide-scsi ?
> I don't know if this will work but it was appended in lilo.conf when I
> initially installed Mandrake.  I think mine works without it though.

Well the cdrwiter is on hdd (hdd=ide-scsi users etc). My cdwriting is
perfect. Now this is where it gets really weird. If I try to mount a
data cd I get the error;
mount: /dev/hdc has wrong major or minor number
...but of I pop in a audio cd and start up xplaycd, there is no problems
seeing/reading the cd!!

??
g




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