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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 08:40:11 +0930 (CST)

Re: New CDROM unit, VMware no workee

On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Richard Sharpe wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have received a replacement CD-ROM (DVD) unit for my Dell I7K because the
> old one was faulty.
> 
> I used to have a Toshiba, now I have a Matsushita.
> 
> Now, when I do 'mount /dev/cdrom' I get:
> 
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device
> 	(maybe insmod 'driver'?)
> 
> Has anyone seen this before? It seems wierd.
> 

Yes, it normally happens when either support for the device is not in the
kernel or the kernel can't work out what the device is.

type: dmesg 
after starting the system and see if it is recognised.
Look for hda-hdd
ie mine is:

hda: ST31720A, ATA DISK drive
hdb: ST36531A, ATA DISK drive
hdc: MATSHITA CR-584, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdd: LS-120 VER4 07 UHD Floppy, ATAPI FLOPPY drive

On your system if may complain on one of these (the new cdrom)
Let us know the results.

Cheers,
--

* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au
* Web Page: http://users.senet.com.au/~benjsc

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