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esammons
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 Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 3:06 pm Post subject: Trying to configure my DVD and have no /dev/dvd |
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I am new to DVD configurations in Linux and would like to get my DVD RAM drive working. Upon booting I get the following message:
hdc: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4020B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
So clearly my DVDRAM device is detected at boot; however, it seems to register as a CD-ROM device. I get /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 and cdrom1 but I get no /dev/dvd.
Help!
Thanks! 
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duff
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Location: Clemson, SC
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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It's a link | Code: | | # ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd |
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esammons
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 11:56 am Post subject: |
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In playing around with the ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd I found that in fact this did not work. I received the error Could not Stat /dev/dvd. However, when I created the following link;
| Code: | | ln -s /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /dev/dvd |
This worked and I am now able to watch movies via xine, mplayer, and ogle.
Thanks!
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elkan
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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If I am right, your link will be away after a reboot.
To make sure the link will return, you can edit your /etc/devfsd.conf
mine:
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..cut...
# Create /dev/dvd for the second cdrom drive
# (change 'cdroms/cdrom1' to suite your setup)
# NOTE: We add the fully qualified path here, else some apps
# have problems to resolve the true device (drip comes to mind)
LOOKUP ^dvd$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink ${mntpnt}/cdroms/cdrom1 dvd
REGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom1$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink ${devpath} dvd
UNREGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom1$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink dvd
...cut... |
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