On Aug 19 2001, 10:39 +0000, Claudio wrote:
> I did not study very well the way kernel-2.4.8 decided to make me crazy each
> time I reboot :o(
> I have to make "ln -s /dev/sg1 /dev/scanner" after each reboot because the
> device disappear, and sane complain that cannot find any device.
> Same thing for "/dev/dvd --> /dev/hdc" that works perfectly till I do not
> reboot. All of the links in /dev/disappear when rebooting?!?
---tom:---
Yes, we're using devfs now :-) There aren't any 'real' device files in /dev
anymore, they are generated dynamically when the system sees a new
device. Pretty neat when it works.
> Is there a way to avoid it, or should I put some lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> for example?
---tom:---
How about editing /etc/devfsd.conf? There's a man page for this file,
too.
tom
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