[GLLUG] deleted /dev files

[Sean]

You probably just need to create a link from the actual device to a file 
called cdrom. 

like 
ln -s /dev/hda /dev/cdrom 

This is on mine:
[root@test-afs-1 dev]# ls -l cdrom 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 May 8 16:16 cdrom -> /dev/hda 

(your device may vary, like hdb, hdc, etc. depending on where it is on the 
ide chain.) Do a:
dmesg | grep hd

Which should give you some spam back but you should see your CD-ROM listed 
in it. like: 
hda: TEAC CD-ROM CD-224E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
^^^
This is the device file you want to link to. 

On Fri, 16 May 2003, Todd Torrey wrote:

> Oops!
> I accidentally hosed my device files. I ran the MAKEDEV script, and now
> everything seems to work except the cdrom drive (IDE)  and I also can't play
> my MP3's.  I'm a bit of a newbie, so any help will be greatly appreciated.
> By the way, I'm running RH9.
> 
> Todd
> 
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