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Re: devfs and ide-scsi devices



On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 01:23:32PM +1100, Paul Hampson wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 07:57:41PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> > Problem: devfs & devfsd do not create /dev/cdroms and /dev/tapes and
> > related symbolic links.
> > 

[snip]

> > Any thoughts on how I can get devfs to create /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 and
> > /dev/tapes/tape0 and symbolic links to these devices? I haven't been
> > able to figure out how to do this from devfs FAQ and kernel
> > documentation or come across solutions searching with google.
> 
> I don't know about tape drives, but to get the /dev/cdroms/cdromx
> and /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/cd devices, you need the
> scsi CD driver loaded. Then they'll exist. Presumably it's the
> same for the scsi tape driver as well.

Thanks, loading modules st and sr_mod created the tape and cd devices
and symbolic links.

...interesting...I've never had to load those modules before to get
tape or cdrom work. 
-- 
Jerome

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