[ILUG] Devfs ?

[Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin)]

okay ... retrieved laptop ...

the same line for me reads:
REGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink cdroms/cdrom0 cdrom

changing to the same as below solved the problem ...
	(it's a 2.4.8mdk something kernel ...)

I intend bringing it bang up-to-date when I get time and bandwidth ...
(downloading kernel sources via a GSM dialup isn't fun !)

P



> -----Original Message-----
> On my (Debian) box, /etc/devfs/devfsd.conf contains the line:
> 
> REGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink $devname cdrom
> 
> ... which is what creates the /dev/cdrom symlink. (It means "when the
> kernel or a module registers a CD-ROM device, create a link to the
> device name from 'cdrom' in /dev").  You should have something
> similar, or if Mandrake ships with an older devfsd, it might be in the
> "symlinks" file or the "symlinks.d" directory under /etc/devfs.
>