i am trying to get my DVD-ROM to work, it is detected at the boot up as hdd.

but when i looked up /dev/dvd it points to hdc, which is the CDROM (/dev/cdrom points to /dev/hdc as well).

i tired to change the sym link of the /dev/dvd

ln -s /dev/dvd /dev/hdd
ln `/dev/hdd` : File exists # this what i got back and the link didnt change

i then tried:

ln -sf /dev/dvd /dev/hdd

and it now says /dev/hdd : broken sym link to /dev/dvd ( this should not point there, but to something like: block special (22/0)

and /dev/dvd : broken sym link to /dev/hdd

how can i fix the links so that : /dev/dvd points to /dev/hdd

and

/dev/hdd points to : block special ( / ) ?

thanks

Well you just have broken your dev node

The correct syntax for ln is :
ln -s <SOURCE> <DESTINATION>

So if you want to link dvd to hdd you use :
# delete the old link
rm /dev/dvd
# link the file
ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/dvd

now you have to rm your broken node first :
rm /dev/hdd

and recreate it :
mknod /dev/hdd b 22 64

change permissions :
chmod 660 /dev/hdd
chown root:disk /dev/hdd