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Re: Can't find some devices like ATAPI ZIP and CD-ROM on /dev after ins

To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Can't find some devices like ATAPI ZIP and CD-ROM on /dev after installation
From: Matthew Geier <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 09:18:57 +1100
Cc: João Paulo Legat <jp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Arts IT Unit, Sydney University
References: <20010205163117.13609.qmail@hm32.locaweb.com.br> <3A7ED8F2.52AA157A@sgi.com>
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Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 
> IDE CD-Roms will be at /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 (/dev/cdroms/cdrom1, etc...)
> only _after_ you load the cd-rom module (ide-cd.o)
> 
> Same goes for the zip (although it may treat it as a normal scsi disk,
> and not make a /dev/zip entry - I'm not sure)
> 
> You can support module auto-loading by putting modules.devfs in /etc
> (see the installer caveats page).
> 
> I agree, devfs is tricky when you're new to it.  I'd suggest doing some
> reading on devfs configuration.
> 

 devfs and the PCMCIA utilities appear to dislike one another as well. I
was getting a hard machine lockup when I inserted a CF card on my Dell
laptop (2.4.1-XFS). Tried all sorts of things and then disabled DevFS
(now that device nodes work I could do that!:-) and the Card Services
now works and I can read my CF cards with out instant death.


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Matthew Geier                   matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Arts IT Unit                    +61 2 9351 4713
Sydney University

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