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From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive...
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:04:29
Message-Id: 20110620233409.GC20378@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive... by Matthew Finkel
1 Matthew Finkel <matthew.finkel@×××××.com> [11-06-21 01:24]:
2 > On 06/20/11 13:50, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > Attached to a USB port of my PC (linux-2.6.39.1 vanilla) there is a
6 > > USB to IDE converter, which makes my "old" dvd burner accessible via
7 > > my SATA only PC.
8 > > I thought...
9 > > When I connect everything as described, insert an empty DVD and start
10 > > k3b, an error message is displayed saying that there is no DVD drive
11 > > (or better no drive at all).
12 > >
13 > > Things change, when I insert an already written DVD first, connect
14 > > everything, start k3b and replace the dvd with an emplty one.
15 > > Then this world is one of the best to burn dvds. ;)
16 > >
17 > > I took a look into /dev and found, that there is a /deb/usbdev2.5 when
18 > > the drive is loaded with an empty dvd. This one is replaced by
19 > > /dev/sr0 (including correct links to /dev/dvd and such) when the drive
20 > > gets loaded with a already filled dvd.
21 > >
22 >
23 > Can you create a symlink from /dev/usbdev2.5 to /dev/dvd?
24 >
25 Yes, I did this before posting here and it does not work.

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Re: [gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive... Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>