On 06/20/11 13:50, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > Attached to a USB port of my PC (linux-2.6.39.1 vanilla) there is a > USB to IDE converter, which makes my "old" dvd burner accessible via > my SATA only PC. > I thought... > When I connect everything as described, insert an empty DVD and start > k3b, an error message is displayed saying that there is no DVD drive > (or better no drive at all). > > Things change, when I insert an already written DVD first, connect > everything, start k3b and replace the dvd with an emplty one. > Then this world is one of the best to burn dvds. ;) > > I took a look into /dev and found, that there is a /deb/usbdev2.5 when > the drive is loaded with an empty dvd. This one is replaced by > /dev/sr0 (including correct links to /dev/dvd and such) when the drive > gets loaded with a already filled dvd. >
Can you create a symlink from /dev/usbdev2.5 to /dev/dvd?
