Well done Douglas

[Knapp]

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Silent Ph03nix <silentph03nix at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thing is that I have never had more than one DVD on this system nor
>> have I messed with the settings before this problem. I have also never
>> changed the hardware.
>> I am sorry but I missed what info you wanted and this tread has split
>> so much I am loosing track of what is were. Some *****70 file or
>> something? What was it?
>>
>
> Here are mine from my server.  I have a Creative Labs DVD rom drive
> and a DVD writer in the same box.  Here are my files.
>
>
> ph03nix at server:~$ ls -l /dev/dvd*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-09-01 12:14 /dev/dvd2 -> scd0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-09-01 12:14 /dev/dvd3 -> scd1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-09-01 12:14 /dev/dvdrw3 -> scd1
> ph03nix at server:~$ ls -l /dev/cdrom*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-09-01 12:14 /dev/cdrom2 -> scd0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-09-01 12:14 /dev/cdrom3 -> scd1
>
> ph03nix at server:~$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
> # This file maintains persistent names for CD/DVD reader and writer devices.
> # See udev(7) for syntax.
> #
> # Entries are automatically added by the 75-persistent-cd-generator.rules
> # file; however you are also free to add your own entries provided you
> # add the ENV{GENERATED}=1 flag to your own rules as well.
> # HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-H10L (pci-0000:00:09.0-ide-1:0)
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-ide-1:0",
> SYMLINK+="cdrom", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-ide-1:0",
> SYMLINK+="cdrw", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-ide-1:0",
> SYMLINK+="dvd", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-ide-1:0",
> SYMLINK+="dvdrw", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> # CREATIVEDVD1240E (pci-0000:00:09.0-ide-0:1)
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-ide-0:1",
> SYMLINK+="cdrom1", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-ide-0:1",
> SYMLINK+="dvd1", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> # DVD1240E (pci-0000:00:09.0-scsi-0:0:1:0)
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-scsi-0:0:1:0",
> SYMLINK+="cdrom2", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-scsi-0:0:1:0",
> SYMLINK+="dvd2", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> # DVDRAM_GSA-H10L (pci-0000:00:09.0-scsi-1:0:0:0)
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-scsi-1:0:0:0",
> SYMLINK+="cdrom3", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-scsi-1:0:0:0",
> SYMLINK+="cdrw3", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-scsi-1:0:0:0",
> SYMLINK+="dvd3", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
> ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:09.0-scsi-1:0:0:0",
> SYMLINK+="dvdrw3", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
>
> So, as you can see, mine end up being dvd2 & 3 and cdrom 2 & 3 as
> opposed to 0 and 1 as I would assume they would be.  I'd love to know
> what I need to change to get them fixed.
>
> --
> Ph03nix
> Adrienne Gusoff  - "Opportunity knocked. My doorman threw him out."

As a former programmer, I find that really interesting. I would bet
that they skipped all the installs from before and just started after
that. Mine skips the first slot with one drive and yours skips the
first 2 with 2 drives. Question is was it a mistake or a failed plan?

I would  send that file now but I am not on that computer.


-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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