Re: /dev/dvd1 instead of /dev/dvd ?

[John Summerfield <debian herakles homelinux org>]

Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:00:01 -0500
> Tom Horsley <tom horsley att net> wrote:
>
> > Anyone know why The primary device is still /dev/sr0
> > but the symlinks all have names like /dev/dvd1 now
> > (I also have /dev/cdrw1, etc).
>
> OK, I found the file:
>
> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
>
> Comment says it was generated by /lib/udev/write_cd_rules
> and I can change it if I want to. I did, and all is well.
>
> Too bad write_cd_rules isn't smart enough to notice a
> non-hotpluggable device is now gone and delete those
> rules before writing new ones for the new device...

You are entitled to record it as a bug at bugzilla.redhat.com

If you have the skills, you could even proffer a patch to fix it.


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John

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