Subject: Re: cdrom link
gaijin@gci.net
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 11:24:19 AKDT
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Adam Elkins wrote:
>
> I installed a diffrent cdrom to see if it will fix a problem I'm having
> with vmware. So, I installed it and rebooted. Easy enough. It's calling
> it hdd, instead of hdc. /dev/cdrom is linked to /dev/hdc, so when I
> start vmware, it says unable to access /dev/cdrom, bacause that cdrom
> (hdc) is no longer there. How do I unlink it, and link it back to
> /dev/hdd? It might not be a link issue, but...I'm thinking it is for
> some reason.
>
> Adam
>
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The link can be removed by using the command "rm /dev/cdrom" as root, and
recreated by using the command "ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom", again as root.
If you do an "ls -l /dev/cdrom" is should look like this:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jul 3 2002 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc
The man page for "ln" will give you more details about the types of links,
and why / where you'ld want to use them.
Good Luck!
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