SuSE Linux: Version 8.0
After installation, attempts to install additional packages fail. When you click "Details", an error message similar to the following one is displayed:
The source medium cannot be mounted. /dev/hdb: file or directory not found mount: enter file system type
YaST2 has saved the device file of your IDE CD-ROM drive in a file at
/var/lib/hardware
. This entry is no longer correct after some modifications
in your system (e.g., activation of the IDE-SCSI emulation).
The name of your device file is now something like /dev/sr0. However,
YaST2 still addresses the original device.
Open a console (in KDE: press the keys Alt+F2, enter xterm
, and click
"Execute").
Proceed as follows:
Log in as root:
su - [root password]
Execute the following command:
hwscan --cdrom
The next time you start YaST2, you can access your CD-ROM drive normally. This procedure also works for using a different drive than that used for the original installation.