Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:24:24 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 available Message-ID: <20040928192424.GH62265@werd> In-Reply-To: <20040928170131.9FAE65D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20040927231347.GZ62265@werd> <20040928170131.9FAE65D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 10:01:31AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > And, do you know if devfs.rules can create links such as are created > > > by devfs.conf? I want to have /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd symlinked to my > > > DVD drive when I attach it. > > > > I think devfs.conf is the right place for it (assuming /dev/acd0 is your > > dvd drive): > > > > link acd0 dvd > > link acd0 cdrom > > I think you missed my point on the creation of symlinks. I have them in > devfs.conf, but those operations are only done at boot time. If I have > no DVD in my system at boot time and add one later, I need to manually > create the symlinks. Well, for me it's different and I just checked on my system to verify it - dvd and cdrom symlinks were created at boot time even though there was no media inside, and continue to exist after mounting and umounting a cdrom. -Radek
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