no /dev/cdroms

sendas · n00b Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 33

Ive Install gentoo a few times on this box. I Downloaded the newest live cd 2005 and I followed all the instructions for the stage 3.
After the first reboot I go to mount the cdrom drive

mount /mnt/cdrom
mount: special device /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 does not exist

I checked the /dev directory and there isnt even /dev/cdrom or cdroms.
Not sure what to do about this. Anyone seen this before?

Andy Sz · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:43 pm Post subject:

Sendas - Did you properly select kernel support for your CD-ROM drive?
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Dell Inspiron 4000
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10GB HD
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sendas · n00b Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 33

This is enabled by default in my 2.6 kernel IDE/ATAPI CDROM Support

This is all I need for a IDE drive right?

sendas · n00b Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 33

I just found out other things that are normaly in /dev right after install are also not there like /dev/mouse. I reinstalled twice now and it does the same thing.

racoontje · Veteran Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 1290

udev problem? Btw, it's /dev/input/mouse0 or /dev/input/mice on 2.6. /dev/mouse is deprecated AFAIK, so it could drop away at any time. Also, this thread is a double.

Deathwing00 · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject:

Double post of https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-324015.html