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|    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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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