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Re: Creation of Device for CD-ROM



On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Russell Rademacher wrote:

> Hello.
> 
>         Figures...  Unfortunably... I do not have those devs on my dev
> directory.  So.. it seems that I need to make those devices.  Can you help on
> that so I can get my CD-ROM working?  Either a copy of those files or other
> methods will help so I can get it moving.
> 
>         Thanks for the clue.
> 
> On 01-Apr-99 Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Russell Rademacher wrote:
> > 
> >  : Hello guys.
> > 
> > [ snip ]
> > 
> >  : by hdax, hdbx, hdcx and hddx.  I have a old model LaserMate CD Drive
> > hooked up
> >  : though the antique Packard Bell Sound Galaxy Sound Card which it is
> > detected
> >  : and found the CD-ROM.
> >  : 
> >  :         But problem is... I do not have the hde set so I need it created
> > and
> >  : set so that it can be accessed.  What is that command and steps to create
> > a new
> >  : device for so that I can mount it and set the symbolic link to cdrom.
> > 
> > I thought LaserMate driven CD-ROMS were driven by the sbpcd module, and
> > therefore the devices are /dev/sbpcd0, /dev/sbpcd1, etc.  That's how it
> > is here with a Reveal sound card, a LaserMate clone in the controller
> > department.
> > 

cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV sbpcd

Bob

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