cdrom - device not configured error

[Michelle Weeks]

On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 06:59 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> Michelle Weeks <tristan11 at mindspring.com> writes:
>
>> On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 05:15 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>>
>>> Michelle Weeks <tristan11 at mindspring.com> writes:
>>>
>>>>> What does:
>>>>>
>>>>> # dmesg | grep -2 "cd0"
>>>>
>>>> nothing.
>>>
>>> Just to be sure; try it as
>>>     grep "cd" /var/run/dmesg.boot
>>
>> o.k. tried that and here's what i get:
>> acd0: CDROM <LG CD-ROM CRD-8484B> at ata0-master PIO4
>
> Okay, so the device was detected at boot.
>
> The fact that the control device isn't being found makes me think it
> isn't there at all.  I'm assuming that you're running a moderately
> recent 4.x OS -- do you *have* a /dev/ata?  If not, what happens when
> you rebuild it?  If so, what does its directory listing look like?

i do not have a /dev/ata.  i tried from the /dev directory running 
./MAKEDEV ata and received the following error: ata - no such device 
name

i am running 4.6.2 release.