Re: [PLUG] arg! Linux renumbered devices again!

[Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com>]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 11:12:28PM -0400, Noah Silva wrote:
> I decided to reboot the machine since it is, after all, my PC and not a
> server.  This time, I looked in the BIOS and saw the CD is the
> "Secondary master" (whatever that means...), and saw linux detect it as
> /dev/hdc.  Sure enough when I booted up, it was /dev/cdrom2 as well. 
> Not the order I wanted, but as long as it appears.

Keep in mind there aren't really any /dev/cdrom devices.  These are just
symlinks to the proper device file (in my case, hdc and scd0).  Your
distribution might automagically create, delete, and/or rearrange them
on boot, however.  (I know that RedHat runs kudzu at every boot, for
instance; I'm not sure what it does with removable optical disc devices,
though.)

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