RE: Ver. 7.2 block device definition errors

steve, Never mind my last posting................ :-}

++> -----Original Message-----
++> From: [email protected]
++> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Steve R.
++> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 12:41 AM
++> To: [email protected]
++> Subject: Re: Ver. 7.2 block device definition errors
++> 
++> 
++> Mike,
++>    YOU ARE THE MAN! "depmod -ae" fixed the problem and
++> allowed me to mount the device. 
++>    I had already tried to "umount" the device to which
++> the program replied "device not mounted" or words to
++> that effect. The device "/dev/cdrom" I have found is a
++> symbolic link to the device "/dev/hdc". This devices'
++> attributes show it to be a block device but when I
++> attempted to mount it I got the same error. Am I
++> correct in assuming that a dependency module was not
++> being loaded for that device?
++> 
++> Many thanks!
++> Steve R.
++> 
++> --- Michael Fratoni <[email protected]>
++> wrote:
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++> > On Wednesday 12 March 2003 10:53 pm, Keith Mastin
++> > wrote:
++> > 
++> > > The OP question was: When I attempt to "mount"
++> > either device I get an
++> > > error "/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device".
++> > >
++> > > A possible answer to that is that is is possible
++> > that the device is
++> > > already mounted, and you need to umount it before
++> > it can be mounted.
++> > 
++> > I hadn't thought of this earlier, but I believe the
++> > OP also stated that 
++> > this was a new install of 7.2? 
++> > If so, this was a well known "gotcha" for Enigma.
++> > 
++> > As root "depmod -ae" may solve the problem.
++> > Installing all available 
++> > updates would be a good idea as well.
++> > 
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