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Bug#32723: boot-floppies: /dev/sr0 has gone away



reassign 32723 makedev
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On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 11:08:34PM -0500, steveh@eecs.umich.edu wrote:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: N/A
> 
> In previous versions of the rescue disk, /dev/sr0 and /dev/scd0 both existed.
> However, in the slink release, it seems we lost /dev/sr0.  Can it be
> added in again?  (has the same major/minor as scd0).
> 
> The kernel documentation lists /dev/sr0 and scd0 both as valid names, but
> sr0 appears to be primary, since the bootup messages in the kernel refer to
> sr0 and not scd0. 

# /dev/MAKEDEV sr0
/dev/MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "sr0"
# /dev/MAKEDEV sr 
/dev/MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "sr"

> In fact, the debian install program itself uses sr0 and not scd0 I believe...

No, it uses /dev/scd0 (see utilities/debian/choose_medium.c)

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Enrique Zanardi					   ezanardi@ull.es


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