unable to mount cd (iBook 2 2001)

[Dan Burcaw]

On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 02:58, Jay C Shapka wrote:
> I just installed YDL 2.2 and it seems to be fine with one exception: I am 
> unable to mount the cdrom drive. I can't eject it from the console. Nor can
> I eject it by using the mouse (fn-f12, eject). The same applies for all my 
> attempts to mount the device. The error I get is
> 
> "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device"
> 
> My cd drive is a toshiba dvd/cdr. 


Jay,

What does 'dmesg' say about your cd drive?
Do a: ls -l /dev/cdrom

What does the link point to?

-Dan