On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 UberTechnoid@Home.com wrote:

> I installed netbsd via ftp some months ago.  This time though my sparc
> didn't have it's cdrom drive installed.  I now don't have a /dev/cdrom
> device.
> 
> The cdrom is a plextor scsi (of course) at device id 6 on a Sparcstation
> 4/330 (sun4 arch).

do

  dmesg | grep cd

and look for your cd device.  For example:

115 % dmesg | grep cd
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <MATSHITA, CD-R   CW-7503, 1.08> SCSI2
5/cdrom removable


so on this system, its not /dev/cdrom, but /dev/cd0a

-Dan