Bug 63834 - Link /dev/dvd omitted
Summary: Link /dev/dvd omitted
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kudzu
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: David Lawrence
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 71669 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-04-19 10:19 UTC by Dr. Peter Boy
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:27 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: FC3
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2005-09-23 19:34:58 UTC
Embargoed:

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Description Dr. Peter Boy 2002-04-19 10:19:11 UTC 
Description of Problem:

My system (ibm IntelliStation M Pro 6889) has an DVD drive (NEC) installed as a
replacement for the CD-ROM. When I install Skipjack-2 onto this system (after
modification of the drive) my DVD drive is hda (SCSI for harddrives) and a link
/dev/cdrom is created to /dev/hda. A lot of DVD related programs (like xine
which is part of the distribution) expect to find /dev/dvd linked to a propper
device.

kudzu (or anaconda?) should create a /dev/dvd link as well in case it finds a
dvd drive (hardware browser reports: "_NEC DV-5800A")

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Skipjack 7.2.93 Beta - 2

How Reproducible:

just install Skipjack onto a system with a dvd drive (at least by NEC)

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:


Expected Results:

A link /dev/dvd  ->  /dev/hd? should be created for a dvd drive


Additional Information:
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2003-02-28 00:09:44 UTC 
*** Bug 71669 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2005-09-23 19:34:58 UTC 
This is done as part of the udev config in later releases (FC3, FC4), and should
be working ok.
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