From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98) Description of problem: After installation the machines CD ROM drive is not accessable despite the act that it was used to install the OS from. When trying i get 'Unable to find or open device /dev/hdX' Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install RH 7.2 2. Reboot 3. Try to mount or eject CDROM Actual Results: Unable to find or open /dev/hdX Expected Results: Depending on command drive should have mounted or ejected Additional info:
Same behavior on DELL Latitude CP. /dev/log/messages contains: "kernel: hdc: CD-ROM CDR_U200, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive" And later: "kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97" "insmode: /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/idl/ide-cd.o: insmod ide-cd failed." "kernel: hdc: driver not present" I tried 'modprobe ide-cd', reports eight 'unresolved symbol' messages. Now I executed 'depmod' (ran some seconds, then finished without any msg). Now modprobe did not complain anymore, and 'mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom' works fine.
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Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.