Can't mount CD-ROM: hdb doesn't exists :S!!

[Pixelsize]

Ok, as title says, I try to mount the CD-ROM device (I have a DVD but I've always used CD-ROM at linux) and... it says /dev/hdb doesn't exists :S since when?! ... I've just reinstalled debian... am... This is my fstab if u ask for proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sda5 / reiserfs notail 0 1 /dev/hdb /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/win ntfs users,owner,ro,umask=000 0 0 it's wierd, I just wanna be able to read CDs :S (if possible write too)... Please, could anyone help me out? Thanks a lot in advance, at least for worrying Note: This is what I get from console when trying to mount it manually mount: special device /dev/hdb does not exist Using Debian (Sarge) with Kernel 2.6

[antidrugue]

What about

ls -l /dev/hd*
ls -l /dev/sr*
ls -l /dev/sg*

?

[Pixelsize]

Answer for all:

ls: /dev/xxx: No such file or directory

Nice screw up Debian did xD or me, probably, but what could I have touched since I've installed it? nah... dunno what it is...

[antidrugue]

What about

dmesg | grep -i cd | grep -i rom

?

[Pixelsize]

I get nothing on return doing that, and I keep receiving same with the other 3 commands u wrote... tricky problem, huh? :P I hope u find a way My Tux is sad cuz it can't read CD-ROMs (xD!!)

[antidrugue]

Which kernel are you using?

uname -a

And how is your CDROM plugged? IDE? Sata?

What says

ls -l /proc/ide

and

ls -l /proc/scsi

?

[Pixelsize]

Which kernel am I using?

Linux px0 2.6.8-3-686 #1 Thu May 25 02:27:57 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

Am, ok, I got a SATA disk... am... is that helpful? xD. I never had problems with CD before with debian :S.

ls -l /proc/ide says:
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2006-07-05 01:40 drivers

ls -l /proc/scsi says:
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2006-07-05 01:40 device_info
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-07-05 01:40 sata_sis
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2006-07-05 01:40 scsi

[antidrugue]

Perhaps you are having an issue with your IDE controller...

What is the output of

lspci | grep -i ide

?

And of

lsmod | grep -i ide

?

[Pixelsize]

lspci | grep -i ide says:
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
0000:00:08.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)

lsmod | grep -i ide says:
video_buf 22180 1 saa7134
videodev 10016 1 saa7134
ide_disk 19296 0
ide_cd 42656 0
ide_core 139940 3 sis5513,ide_disk,ide_cd
cdrom 40732 1 ide_cd

hm... ide_cd... oh, what am I trying to look like, I dunno how is that helpful for me xD.

[antidrugue]

You can make sure the right module take control of your CD drive like that :

Put "sis5513" on top of the modules in your file /etc/modules, so it looks something like that :

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.

sis5513
ide-cd
ide-disk
ide-generic
psmouse

Save the changes to /etc/modules, making sure it is ok, no mystakes allowed...

Then rebuild the initrd file to make sure it gets loaded first (as root) :

mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r)

Then reboot.

Make sure you make a backup of your existing /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) first, and that you have a live CD around in case it doesn't boot after the change.