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In message <4D9D7EEB.3080607@FreeBSD.org>, Andriy Gapon writes:

>Which I
>don't think would a right thing in the current world order where /dev/cdX
>represents both the drive and its media.

You can create the new /dev/cdX right away, so there is no real window of
inconsistency.

And good observation btw, it was a big mistake to use the same /dev
entry for both drive and media, but waaay to late to fix it now.

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