From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.81]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15KtUM-0004uw-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:19:34 -0600 Received: from k68pc2.home.com ([24.255.149.198]) by femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20010713031834.PVSR26599.femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com@k68pc2.home.com> for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2001 20:18:34 -0700 From: Collins Richey To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] devfs - scd0&1 devices Message-Id: <20010712212906.3b1564e7.erichey2@home.com> In-Reply-To: <20010712203325.A18605@cvs.gentoo.org> References: <20010712201906.01a1491c.erichey2@home.com> <20010712203325.A18605@cvs.gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.4.99 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Jul 12 21:20:03 2001 X-Original-Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:29:06 +0000 X-Archives-Salt: e716670d-3a73-4d09-ad4c-2aa4150d3be4 X-Archives-Hash: 29e8a12d68c843fc9fc08ac926dfe81c On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 20:33:25 -0600 Daniel Robbins wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 08:19:06PM +0000, Collins Richey wrote: > > I've got devfs working almost the way I want it. The stock > > /etc/devfsd.conf retains the permissions I've set for sound devices, > but > > how can I make it hang onto /dev/scd0&1 for my ide-scsi cdroms? Right > now > > I have to do MAKEDEV each time I want to use them; they disappear with > > each boot. > > Use /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 and 1 instead. > If you create new devices of the same type somewhere else in /dev, they > will > get backed up and restored as long as devfs is running. > Thanks. Interestingly enough, devfs generates them on my system as /dev/cdroms/cdrom4 and cdrom6 !!! -- Collins Richey Denver Area Gentoo_rc5 XFCE