Re: No /dev/cdrom with Pre-Release 10 and RH7.1

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>]

Russel Ingram wrote:

> Are you sure this is right, Eric?  I think REGISTER and UNREGISTER only
> work on actual devices created by devfs when a new device is registered or
> unregistered.  /dev/cdroms/* are links to things in the /dev/ide and
> /dev/scsi trees.  If you want to create a symlink when another symlink is
> created (i.e. make the /dev/cdrom symlink at the same time the
> /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 symlink is created) I think you have to use the CREATE
> keyword.

Well, I'm not sure about anything these days.  :)  But it seems to Work
For Me.

However, now that you mention it, the CREATE keyword is probably a
better way to go, I'll check that out.

-Eric

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