/dev/cdrom and 2.6 - what should /dev look like and how do I get there the Right Way
Hi all,
I want to try to get my cd burner working with 2.6, but the mappings in
/dev are weird. My cdrom is on hdd (not hdc).
/dev contains:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 14 22:31 cdrom -> /dev/cdrom0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 14 22:31 cdrom0 -> /dev/hdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Nov 25 12:14 cdrom1 -> /dev/hdc
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 64 Oct 4 06:48 hdd
Should I change this directly by hand or is there an automated way?
Also, I want the cd device to be in the "cdrom" group, but not hdd in
"cdrom" (someday, hdd may be used by a hard drive in my system.. who
knows...)
/dev also has a bunch of other references to cdroms, but they are not
familiar to me.
How should I fix this the Right Way?
Thanks,
Peter
other /dev stuff follows:
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 29, 0 Oct 4 06:49 aztcd0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 41, 0 Oct 4 06:49 bpcd
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 24, 0 Oct 4 06:49 cdu535
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 30, 0 Oct 4 06:49 cm206cd0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 16, 0 Oct 4 06:49 gscd0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 24, 0 Oct 4 06:49 lmscd
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 23, 0 Oct 4 06:49 mcd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 10 12:37 mcdx -> mcdx0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 20, 0 Oct 4 06:49 mcdx0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 20, 1 Oct 4 06:49 mcdx1
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 20, 2 Oct 4 06:49 mcdx2
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 20, 3 Oct 4 06:49 mcdx3
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 20, 4 Oct 4 06:49 mcdx4
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 17, 0 Oct 4 06:49 optcd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Nov 10 12:37 sbpcd -> sbpcd0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 25, 0 Oct 4 06:49 sbpcd0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 25, 1 Oct 4 06:49 sbpcd1
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 25, 2 Oct 4 06:49 sbpcd2
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 25, 3 Oct 4 06:49 sbpcd3
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 4 06:49 scd0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 1 Oct 4 06:49 scd1
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 10 Oct 4 06:49 scd10
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 11 Oct 4 06:49 scd11
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 12 Oct 4 06:49 scd12
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 13 Oct 4 06:49 scd13
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 14 Oct 4 06:49 scd14
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 15 Oct 4 06:49 scd15
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 16 Oct 4 06:49 scd16
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 2 Oct 4 06:49 scd2
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 3 Oct 4 06:49 scd3
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 4 Oct 4 06:49 scd4
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 5 Oct 4 06:49 scd5
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 6 Oct 4 06:49 scd6
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 7 Oct 4 06:49 scd7
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 8 Oct 4 06:49 scd8
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 9 Oct 4 06:49 scd9
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 18, 0 Oct 4 06:49 sjcd
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 15, 0 Oct 4 06:49 sonycd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr0 -> scd0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr1 -> scd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 10 12:37 sr10 -> scd10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 10 12:37 sr11 -> scd11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 10 12:37 sr12 -> scd12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 10 12:37 sr13 -> scd13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 10 12:37 sr14 -> scd14
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 10 12:37 sr15 -> scd15
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 10 12:37 sr16 -> scd16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr2 -> scd2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr3 -> scd3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr4 -> scd4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr5 -> scd5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr6 -> scd6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr7 -> scd7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr8 -> scd8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 10 12:37 sr9 -> scd9
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