Hi dman! On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, dman wrote: > On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 01:33:12PM -0500, B. L. Jilek wrote: > | I've got a strange problem with my /dev/cdrom symlink. > | > | I'm running Woody on an smp scsi machine kernel 2.4.10. > | > | I've got: > | /dev/cdwrite --> /dev/sr0 --> /dev/scd0 > | /dev/cdrom --> /dev/sr1 --> /dev/scd1 > | > | Everything works fine. What happens is after a reboot > | the /dev/cdrom symlink is changed to point to /dev/sr0 > | which is the cdwriter. > > Are you using devfs? If so then devfsd is creating that symlink for > you. > OK! I do have that installed. Don't know what for but thanks for the pointer. > | It's a little irritating to have to fix this after a reboot > | before I can use the cdrom. > | > | Any one know what may be doing this? I can't find anything. > > RTFM on devfsd and then tell it where you want /dev/cdrom to point to. > (I'm not completely sure _how_ to do this myself) > But of course! I was just needing the info you provided to find out what was causing it. I can get if from here. Thank you! Sorry for the reply to your address by the way. -- B. L. Jilek <bljilek@yahoo.com> --> Put - crowbyte - in the subject or mail to me will bounce if your not on my nobounce list. GPG: 0x8ABA0CE6 (Preferred) | PGP: RSA-0x64183EA1 DSS-0x66FF0BC1 Linux user: 163800 | ICQ: 83785391 | http://www.geocities.com/bljilek -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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