There are patches at http://members.cox.net/kpfleming/ide-floppy to work
around this problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miguel Angelo Rozsas" <miguel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: Another /dev/cdrom question
> On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 15:38, Luo, Ling wrote:
> > I found that the /dev/cdroms and symbolic link /dev/cdrom do not appear
> > under /dev until I cd into /dev/discs or /dev/ide.
> > Is there a way to make the two entries appear under /dev automatically
after
> > reboot?
> >
>
> I am having a similar problem with ZIP disks not inserted on zip drive
> at boot time. The problem is /dev/hdc and /dev/hdc4 aren't available
> even after I insert a disk on drive.
> .
> I have uncommented the following lines on /etc/devfs.conf and got an
> error when devfsd starts.
>
>
> IDE NEWCOMPAT /dev/ide/hd/* names
> LOOKUP ^(ide/hd/c[0-9]+b[0-9]+t[0-9]+u[0-9]+)p[0-9]+$ EXECUTE /bin/dd
> if=$mntpnt/\1 of=/dev/null count=1
> IDE OLDCOMPAT /dev/hd?? names
> LOOKUP ^(hd[a-z])[0-9]+$ EXECUTE /bin/dd if=$mntpnt/\1 of=/dev/null
> count=1
>
> Error message at boot time:
>
> Bad WHEN in config line: "IDE NEWCOMPAT /dev/ide/hd/* names"
>
> My system is a RH 7.2 kernel 2.4.18, devfsd 1.3.25, internal IDE ZIP
> 250.
>
> If there is a disk at boot time, the device drive exists on
>
> /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/{disc,part4} and /dev/hdc[4]
>
>
> Any hints ?
>
> regards,
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