/dev/cdrom1,/dev/cdrw1 symlinks made at each boot by udev which i dont want

deepclutch · 01-03-2007, 01:49 AM

I have debian etch and my /etc/fstab entries for my cd-rw and dvdrom drives are hdb and hda.
i have symlinked /dev/cdrom to hda and /dev/dvd to hdb.

Code:

etch:~# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto      0       0
/dev/cdrom      /media/cdrw     udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/dvd        /media/dvdrom   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

Now each time i boot into etch and checks "ls -l /dev/cd*" it shows /dev/cdrom1 symlinked to /dev/hda and /dev/cdrw1 symlinked to /dev/hda.Is it got something to do with udev...
How can i eliminate this problem..

deepclutch · 01-03-2007, 02:32 AM

Well.I kind of found the file which does the thing umm..but afraid to edit the rules of udev

Code:

etch:~# less /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-cd.rules
# This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_cd_rules
# program, probably run by the cd-aliases-generator.rules rules file.
#
# You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line
# and set the $GENERATED variable.

# HL-DT-STDVD-ROM_GDR8163B (pci-0000:00:1f.1-ide-0:1)
ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:1f.1-ide-0:1", SYMLINK+="cdrom", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:1f.1-ide-0:1", SYMLINK+="dvd", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
# SONY_CD-RW_CRX210E1 (pci-0000:00:1f.1-ide-0:0)
ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:1f.1-ide-0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrom1", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:1f.1-ide-0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrw1", ENV{GENERATED}="1"

AND

Code:

etch:~# less /etc/udev/rules.d/z75_cd-aliases-generator.rules

# These rules generate rules for the /dev/{cdrom,dvd,...} symlinks and
# write them to /etc/udev/rules.d/z20_persistent-cd.rules.
#
# The default name for this file is z75_cd-aliases-generator.rules.

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{GENERATED}!="?*", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", \
        PROGRAM="write_cd_rules", SYMLINK+="%c"

Help is appreciated

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deepclutch · 01-04-2007, 08:39 AM

I edited /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-cd.rules and removed the junk links for cdrom1 and cdrw1.Problem Solved.Thanks!