On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:00 PM, Martin McCormick <mar...@x.it.okstate.edu> wrote: > This system started out as lenny in 2009 and I just upgraded > to squeeze. Most of the system is fine but I have lost both > CDROM's which used to be /media/cdrom0 and /media/cdrom1. I > didn't help anything when I accidently left a usb drive > installed so it looks like the thing to do is clean out > /etc/udev/rules.d of 70-persistent-cd.rules and start over minus > the usb drive in the hopes that I can modify the rules to get > the CDROM's back. > > There is a executable file in /lib/udev called write_cd_rules > but I can't seem to find what calls it or what $DEVPATH value it > needs to run properly. > > Documentation as to how all this goes together is also > lacking. Google searches produce about ten-quadrillian hits of > which precisely one is relevant but described a similar > situation in fedora and the suggested fix didn't work, here, and > all the rest are just hits on copies of write_cd_rules and the > generator rules file that write_cd_rules uses when one runs it. > > Is there a way to re-run it and produce new files that > can be used as a starting point?
Move "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules" to another location and run "echo add > /sys/block/sr0/uevent". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sy3bidrf6vfgodctkq788mz4k21rsg1eswvpbo2nzw...@mail.gmail.com
