optical drive: device is an invalid device or cannot be opened

From: claudia burg <claudia.burg_at_asu.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 15:44:55 -0700 (MST)

hi

we have two optical drives that we are trying to use for the first time in
many upgrades of os. it used to be a simple matter of
        1) ./MAKEDEV rz4
        2) mount /dev/rz4c /optical

i am getting an error of the form:
        /dev/rz4c device is an invalid device or cannot be opened

one of them does manage to spin the disk for a bit but both result in the
same error as above. any clues as to what/where i should look?

thanks in advance!
ciao
claudia


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