[gentoo-user] Missing device files for cdroms

I have a system with an SATA hard drive, and two IDE cdroms. The kernel sees them as shown by these lines in /var/log/messages == Jul 7 21:19:31 reid1 kernel: hda: SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive Jul 7

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing device files for cdroms

On 7/19/06, don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a system with an SATA hard drive, and two IDE cdroms. The kernel sees them as shown by these lines in /var/log/messages == Jul 7 21:19:31 reid1 kernel: hda: SONY DVD-ROM

Re: [gentoo-user] Missing device files for cdroms

BTW: /dev/cdrom is required by some applications, e.g. eject. you may create a soft link by yourself manualy, so long as your actually device works, that's probably /dev/hda or /dev/hdb in your system.daniel.