From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0) Description of problem: When I try to mount(as root) the CD-ROM with the command: mount /mnt/cdrom I have an error message ... /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device. The CD-ROM is recognazied by the system because browsing in the menu table, the cdrom (NEC) is in the partition /dev/hdb (with cdrom linked to /dev/hdb) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.when login to Linux ... I can't mount my CD-ROM 2. 3. Actual Results: /dev/cdrom is not a valid bloc device Expected Results: the cdrom should be mounted on the directory /mnt/cdrom Additional info: in the /etc/fstab file, all seems corretc with the corresponding line: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ...
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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.