On Jan 22, 08 16:48:13 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 12:32 +0100, Juergen Weigert wrote:
> > On Jan 21, 08 22:00:23 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > > Istvan Gabor wrote:
> > >>>> What is the way in openSUSE 10.3 to create permanent
> > >> symlinks in /dev?
> > >>>
> >
> > I have attempted
> > /etc/udev/rules.d/99-cdrom.conf
> >
> > containing:
> >
> > KERNEL=="dvd1" SYMLINK="cdrom", MODE="666"
> > OPTIONS="last_rule"
>
> Does the kernel really call the device 'dvd1'? The KERNEL name is what
> the kernel calls the device, not the name you would like. You don't have
> much control over that name. It is probably whatever the /dev/ name is
> before you do anything. Maybe it is something like sr0?
>
> The SYMLIMK value is what you want your link called. It can be any legal
> name.
KERNEL=="sr0" SYMLINK="cdrom", MODE="666"
OPTIONS="last_rule"
Also does nothing.
sigh,
Jw
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