Re: Upgrade CD-ROM Woes
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 06:57:57PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> * Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com) [010929 17:44]:
> >
> > ... Prior to the upgrade, I also used xmcd to play CD's through the
> > jack on the front of the CD-ROM. However, after the upgrade, none
> > of the CD-ROM programs will even recognize that there's a CD in the
> > drive. I don't even have a clue about where to start troubleshooting
> > this. Any ideas?
>
> Most cd-player apps will point to /dev/cdrom, since they don't know if
> your cdrom is /dev/hda2, /dev/hdd4, etc. Figure out what device your
> cdrom drive is and create a symlink to /dev/cdrom.
>
It was already that way before the upgrade. The upgrade didn't change
symlinks; it's still linked the way it was before.
Paul
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