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  1. 09-29-2002, 10:51 PM #1
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    not detecting cdrom in laptop in redhat7.3

    I just recently installed Redhat 7.3 onto my laptop. For some reason Linux is not detecting my cd-rom... anyone have ideas? Please help! ;D ;D
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  2. 09-29-2002, 11:01 PM #2
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    Re:not detecting cdrom in laptop in redhat7.3

    hello,
    just a guess - are your CD drives modules loaded?
    do this to find out - open a terminal, i.e. a shell and then type /sbin/lsmod and see if there is a module called cdrom
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  3. 09-30-2002, 07:23 AM #3
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    Re:not detecting cdrom in laptop in redhat7.3

    You could try the command
    # depmod -ae
    needed to be run once only.
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  4. 09-30-2002, 10:46 PM #4
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    Re:not detecting cdrom in laptop in redhat7.3

    ;DThanks guys... big help
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  5. 09-30-2002, 10:48 PM #5
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    Re:not detecting cdrom in laptop in redhat7.3

    Just a question, but howd ya install it with no cdrom? Did you do a network install?
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