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   Message 16,169 of 17,684   
   pk to AZ Nomad   
   Re: forcing scsi cdrom device names   
   30 Mar 08 12:18:02   
   
   From: pk@pk.invalid   
      
   AZ Nomad wrote:   
      
   > I'm using the scsi/sata to handle an IDE dvdrw and a SATA dvdrw.  I get   
   > two devices named /dev/sr0 and /dev/sr1.   
   >   
   > Normally the IDE dvdrw goes to /dev/sr0 and the SATA dvdrw goes to   
   > /dev/sr1. So far so good.   
   >   
   > The problem is that about one reboot in twenty, the devices get reversed.   
   > /dev/sr0 is assigned to the SATA drive and sr1 to the IDE drive.  This is   
   > a major PITA.  Is there any way to fix the assignments?   
      
   Try this:   
      
   http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html   
      
   Just find something that identifies each device uniquely (eg by using   
   udevinfo or looking into /dev/disk/by-id), and write appropriate udev rules   
   to create symlinks.   
      
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