After a reboot of a Debian/unstable machine, I got: /dev/cdrw -> sr1
while it was /dev/cdrw -> sr0 before the reboot. More precisely, the change in the lshw output: *-scsi:0 physical id: 8c logical name: scsi2 capabilities: emulated *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: DVD+-RW GTA0N vendor: HL-DT-ST physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom - logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/dvdrw logical name: /dev/sr0 version: A1B0 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-scsi:1 physical id: 8d logical name: scsi3 capabilities: emulated *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: DVD+-RW GHB0N vendor: HL-DT-ST physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0 + logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/sr1 version: A1B1 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc Is it normal that the device names are not stable? In particular, it is strange that all the symlinks point to sr0 except cdrw, which now points to sr1. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)