From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9878D13833C for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:20:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A27721C0D2; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:19:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8852B21C00E for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:18:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B039F33DC34 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:18:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.294 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.294 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.495, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02h4ptS_ZwLB for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 305CF33DC33 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:18:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TsETJ-00027d-6g for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:18:41 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:18:41 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:18:41 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: 4 machines - no /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd anymore Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:18:11 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <201301061119.56710.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <50EA2364.4080604@gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: df8d8309-d50b-4e79-a355-f6f931c1b422 X-Archives-Hash: 0c0ee48fcbd78761c5338c3d7eb2fa8e On 2013-01-07, Dale wrote: > I'm not sure that is a bug. As I posted earlier, this was changed a > good while back. There was a reason for it but I can't recall what it > was. The new devices for CD/DVDs is /dev/sr*. It's been something like 6-8 years hasn't it? > I don't have, and have > not had, /dev/cdrom or dvd on this rig for a good while and it works. I > think this happened about the same time as the hard drive devices were > changed from hd* to sd* even for old IDE drives. IIRC, the IDE CDROM devices moved over to the SCSI subsystem some time before IDE hard drives did -- but it's been a while... > Since it was changed on purpose, I don't believe this is a bug. Yes, it was an intentional change. I haven't seen a /dev/hd* device for years and years. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I joined scientology at at a garage sale!! gmail.com