On Sunday 10 Nov 2002 11:46 pm, Russell W. Behne wrote: > I've been trying to get my new cd-rw running. After reading > file:/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/CD-Writing-HOWTO-2.html I ran this > command: > cd /dev && rm cdrom && ln -s scd0 cdrom > And then I checked the devices like this: > # ls -l cdrom > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4 Nov 10 18:21 cdrom -> scd0 > # ls -l scd0 > ls: scd0: No such file or directory > Now /dev/cdrom shows as a broken link to a nonextant /dev/scd0! I didn't > see anything on how to create this particular device. What should I do > next? > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, > Russ.
That is the trouble with reading non distro specific HOWTOs You did not need to do any of that because Mandrake uses devfs which will automatically create the nodes and symlinks for you. All you have to do in Mandrake is modify the append line in /etc/lilo.conf for example append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" Then run lilo as root to write to the MBR and then reboot. When the system comes up /dev/hdc will be /dev/scd0 with a symlink to /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target2/lun0/cd /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 will be a symlink to the same location, and /dev/cdrom will be a symlink to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 similarly for /dev/hdd derek
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