Linking the cdrom??

curvenger · 07-07-2005, 09:28 PM

Whenever I make a symbolic link to the cdrom using
#ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom
the link gets deleted when i restart the system, how will I make it permanent??

gauravnawani · 09-07-2005, 07:35 AM

My be SELinux is installed on the system.
Why do you want that? if possibly for VCD playing then change the preferences of Xine or Mplayer ( I am assuming) to '/dev/hdc' or whatever on your system for CD and same way for DVD. It will work.

curvenger · 11-07-2005, 04:36 PM

NO, because the permission for hdc is set to read-only for non root user and can not be executed, and whenever I change the permission and restart, it will change by itself to default, i.e read only.

gauravnawani · 11-07-2005, 05:19 PM

I had the same problem in Fedora3, but if I remember right changing preferences in mplayer worked for me. Can you tell why you need to make it permanent ?

07-07-2005, 09:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
curvenger Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Aizawl Posts: 86	Linking the cdrom?? Whenever I make a symbolic link to the cdrom using #ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom the link gets deleted when i restart the system, how will I make it permanent?? __________________ Knowledge is power!

09-07-2005, 07:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
gauravnawani Broken In Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 154	My be SELinux is installed on the system. Why do you want that? if possibly for VCD playing then change the preferences of Xine or Mplayer ( I am assuming) to '/dev/hdc' or whatever on your system for CD and same way for DVD. It will work. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------- Blender India forums http://www.bestfreeforums.com/forums/blenderindia.html

11-07-2005, 04:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
curvenger Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Aizawl Posts: 86	NO, because the permission for hdc is set to read-only for non root user and can not be executed, and whenever I change the permission and restart, it will change by itself to default, i.e read only. __________________ Knowledge is power!

11-07-2005, 05:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
gauravnawani Broken In Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 154	I had the same problem in Fedora3, but if I remember right changing preferences in mplayer worked for me. Can you tell why you need to make it permanent ? __________________ ---------------------------------------------------- Blender India forums http://www.bestfreeforums.com/forums/blenderindia.html

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