After installing red hat linux ,i accidentally removed cdrom configuration.During boot up the kudzu screen gave me a confusing option which i made the mistake with.i don't know how to configure it back.during boot up the when ide is being detected hdc(cdrom)is also detected but on gnome when i click cdrom it says the the device file /dev/cdrom does not exist.i need a solution guys.

mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom should mount your drive. If you accidentally deleted the driver, use mknod to rebuild it - see man mknod for info. Finally, if this stuff doesn't apply, go into the gnome control center, peripherals, cd properties. Make sure you have your auto-mount settings checked. I have this string in the audio cd command text box: gtcd --play --device %d Hope this helps. Scott

It your CD-ROM is the primary master it is /dev/hda, if it's the primary slave it is /dev/hdb, if its the secondary master it is /dev/hdc, and finally, if it's the secondary slave it is /dev/hdd. Either use the /dev/hdX name in place of /dev/cdrom or you can link /dev/cdrom to the /dev/hdX name (where X is a,b,c or d)

i tried everything it doesnt work.There is no /dev/cdrom directory or file.the cdrom (hdc)does exist but it is a raw device which cannot be mounted.mknod is the answer but the man and info pages are too confusing since i am new to unix.can any body write a mknod command to create a block device(/dev/cdrom)./dev/hdc is the raw device.by the way how can i link the raw to the block.