DVD device /dev/dvd missing on FC2

[Pedro Fernandes Macedo]

On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 22:52, fred vachon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed a DVD Multi Recorder on FC2 Linux machine.  I'm testing 
> it and can play Music CD's but when I try to play a DVD using mplayer I 
> get error message "Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd".  I don't see a 
> /dev/dvd device on FC2 install.  I must be missing something but I don't 
> know what it is. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Fred Vachon
> 

You need to create a symlink for /dev/dvd pointing for the correct
device (ln -s /dev/hdX /dev/dvd). Then it will work perfectly.

--
Pedro Macedo