Default FC5 /dev entries for dvd devices?
Hi,
Just completed an install of FC5 using the instructions at http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...ion_notes.html . Somehow in trying to enable interchangeable use of my two DVD drives in this box I think I screwed up in creating a symlink for the devices in /dev. I would appreciate it if someone with a two DVD drive configuration could supply the output of the following command on their machine: Code:
ls -l /dev/*dvd* Code:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Apr 16 20:43 /dev/dvd -> /dev/dvdwriter All the other entries look OK, as do the ones for the cd drive: Code:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 16 19:13 /dev/dvd-hda -> hda |
Hi
Your DVD devices are usually symlinked to hdc, hdd, etc. If you are using SATA hard drives, then they will be hda and hdb. That is the output on my box with two DVD drives. Hope that helps |
In re-reading what you have posted, it looks normal. Have a look at your /etc/fstab files and it will show you what symlinks are listed for your drives. On one of my boxes it looks like this:
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Bob |
Thanks for the replies.
OK, I see *nothing* like that in my fstab, I hope I'm using the right command here... Code:
more /etc/fstab What I think I've discovered since is that many of the sound and video applications are coded around the idea of a single drive being in the config. Some default to the first drive, others the second... now that I can tell this, I think I'm just going to focus on particular apps and match the drive used to the app it likes. |
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Please note, sda and sdb will refer only to SATA hardrives, not to media drives. These will still be hd--. Note my own fstab file above. I use two SATA drives. Bob |
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LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 |
Those devices with "sd--" are still drive devices. What does your cd/dvd rom show in fstab? If they are not "hd--" then I have learned something.
Bob |
donv2 - you're right, /dev is a dynamic filesystem that's managed by udev. Every time a device changes (added, removed, or the system boots etc), udev runs through a set of rules to determine how the entries in /dev should be updated.
You said that you saw no DVD entries in your fstab - you will only see entries in your fstab if you have DVDs in and mounted. Regards David |
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