From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.72 [en] (Win95; U) Description of problem: Upgraded working 7.1 install on Toshiba laptop. After upgrade, cdrom not recognized. Message above received on attempt to mount. /etc/fstab had valid entry for cdrom. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Download iso images, verity with md5sum. 2.Prepare boot image floppy, as machine will not boot from CDRom 3.Choose upgrade option during installation. Actual Results: Could not access CDROM with standard mount command Expected Results: Automount, right-click mount option on gnome desktop, etc. Additional info: Workaround/bug: Problem remedied by logging is as root, typing insmod cdrom at command prompt. cdrom.o is present in module library, but not being loaded. Verified upgrade/workaround twice. Alternative workaround: Instead of upgrade choice during install, choose laptop install option. Keep existing partitions and mount points, no reformatting. Reformat and mount swap partition. Proceed throught install normally. Upon reboot, cdrom working normally, as it was in 7.1.
It seems that during an upgrade the kernel modules map doesn't get written properly in all cases; "depmod -ae" as root fixes that, or an upgrade to the security errata kernel.
Just looked for above referenced "security errata kernel" on www.redhat.com and unclear which package you refer to? Please advise. Thanks.
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-142.html is what I ment...
The bug that cuases the problem with CD-ROMs will be fixed in a future installer release.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55071 ***