[plug] re; was system hangs after kernel upgrade - cd rom/dvd drive cannot mount

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

Jon Miller wrote:
> After trying for hours on end to get the system up I ended up rebuilding the system with the linux26 parameter and got Debian to install.  But after the install the same DVD/CDROM I used to do the install went missing and now I cannot mount the drive.  I had a look in dmesg for any indication of a cdrom/dvd and there is nothing.  Not even a mention of the ide connection. Yet in the /etc/fstab there is an entry for a cdrom on /media/cdrom0.
> When I issue a mount command using  "mount /dev/hdc -t iso9660 /media/cdrom0" it does not work -
> debOS:~# mount /dev/hdc -t iso9660 /media/cdrom0
> mount: special device /dev/hdc does not exist
> 
> Has anyone had this problem and fixed it?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> JLM
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Either sounds like the modules for the IDE controller are missing (but 
this should not be so if your HDD is working), the IDE cable has come 
loose from your CDROM, or you need to use the new 2.6 structures for 
mounting cdroms, which places your drive under something like 
/dev/bus/ide/ ... and I can't remember the rest.

Tomasz