From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKe3M-0003iJ-IJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:54:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A8E9CE02B8; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:54:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (colin.muc.de [193.149.48.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA51E02B8 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:54:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 57439 invoked by uid 3782); 20 Jul 2008 18:54:37 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9E50D23.dip.t-dialin.net [217.229.13.35]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:54:36 +0200 Received: (qmail 2695 invoked by uid 1000); 20 Jul 2008 18:54:13 -0000 Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:54:12 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Solved!!! [Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist"] Message-ID: <20080720185412.GB2471@muc.de> References: <20080719185157.GA2376@muc.de> <20080719211213.GA1073@muc.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: 76f5a062-0df3-4741-b4e8-2d0610cc7750 X-Archives-Hash: 8dd0bc297ef4634152f73e5e5e8d5d86 Hi, everybody, I've got the problem fixed. In my kernel config, I'd forgotten to include a driver for my VIA "low speed" IDE controller. I've put that in, and I can now read CDs/DVDs (and probably burn them too). I've stuck with the traditional /dev/hd[a-z] drivers for all the reasons I've ranted about in other posts. Thanks indeed to everybody who helped me get sorted! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).