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On 2013-01-07, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I'm not sure that is a bug. As I posted earlier, this was changed a |
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> good while back. There was a reason for it but I can't recall what it |
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> was. The new devices for CD/DVDs is /dev/sr*. |
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It's been something like 6-8 years hasn't it? |
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> I don't have, and have |
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> not had, /dev/cdrom or dvd on this rig for a good while and it works. I |
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> think this happened about the same time as the hard drive devices were |
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> changed from hd* to sd* even for old IDE drives. |
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IIRC, the IDE CDROM devices moved over to the SCSI subsystem some time |
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before IDE hard drives did -- but it's been a while... |
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> Since it was changed on purpose, I don't believe this is a bug. |
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Yes, it was an intentional change. I haven't seen a /dev/hd* device |
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for years and years. |
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