TOPIC: Re-activate a missing CD after install

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Introduction
You may find that while the Yellow Dog Linux v3.0.1 installer ran well off your CD, upon reboot you are unable to mount any CDs. This is due to a problem with Kudzu, a hardware configuration tool that ships with Yellow Dog. Below is a fix that will get you your CD back.

1. Find where your CD is hiding
   

   CTRL-OPTION-F2
   (login as root)
   
   dmesg | grep cd [ENTER]
   

   You should see something like this:

   hde: attached ide-cdrom driver.

   or possibly this:

   sr0: etc. etc.

   If you see the former, you need to remember the first 3 letters, be they hde or something else.
   
   If you see the latter, remember scd0
   
   
2. Make a link by typing:

   ln -s /dev/hde /dev/cdrom

   where hde is the three letters you saw above.
   
   
3. Edit /etc/fstab by typing:

   pico /etc/fstab

   Use the arrows to scroll to the bottom. Add this line: /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660 noauto,user,kudzu,ro 0 0
   

   CTRL-X (exit and save)
   reboot [ENTER]

   
   
4. Add a CD icon to your desktop.
   
   

   This HOWTO was written by Troy Vitullo, Terra Soft Solutions