RE: unable to stat /dev/cdrom

["Alan Bartlett" <stxsl_ajb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Geoff,

Sorry for the delay in replying - I've only just read your request!

Answer to a):        Log in as root and from a command line prompt issue the 
command

                                       ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom

                          Have a look at the manual page for the ln (link) 
command with

                                      man 1 ln

                          This will tell you all about both hard and soft 
(symbolic) links. In the above case
                          the -s command line flag makes a symbolic link 
from the file named /dev/cdrom
                          to the i-node that is /dev/scd0.

                          You certainly did not (do not) need to use the 
mknod command to resolve
                          this problem.

As for b), I don't know.  Perhaps someone else would like to comment.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Alan.

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