Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
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 04:06:23
Message-Id: 11307678.UK13BfCpHt@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive... by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Tuesday 21 June 2011 01:34:09 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Matthew Finkel <matthew.finkel@×××××.com> [11-06-21 01:24]:
3 > > On 06/20/11 13:50, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
4 > > > Hi,
5 > > >
6 > > > Attached to a USB port of my PC (linux-2.6.39.1 vanilla) there is a
7 > > > USB to IDE converter, which makes my "old" dvd burner accessible via
8 > > > my SATA only PC.
9 > > > I thought...
10 > > > When I connect everything as described, insert an empty DVD and
11 > > > start
12 > > > k3b, an error message is displayed saying that there is no DVD drive
13 > > > (or better no drive at all).
14 > > >
15 > > > Things change, when I insert an already written DVD first, connect
16 > > > everything, start k3b and replace the dvd with an emplty one.
17 > > > Then this world is one of the best to burn dvds. ;)
18 > > >
19 > > > I took a look into /dev and found, that there is a /deb/usbdev2.5
20 > > > when
21 > > > the drive is loaded with an empty dvd. This one is replaced by
22 > > > /dev/sr0 (including correct links to /dev/dvd and such) when the
23 > > > drive
24 > > > gets loaded with a already filled dvd.
25 > >
26 > > Can you create a symlink from /dev/usbdev2.5 to /dev/dvd?
27 >
28 > Yes, I did this before posting here and it does not work.
29
30 have a look at udev rules.
31
32 I have a dvd burner in an externel usb case for ages - and everything works
33 well.
34
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