On Sunday 02 September 2001 09:03 pm, ben s methodically organized electrons to state: > i need help.. my cdrom and cdrw both are linked to the same drive. i issued > "ls -al /dev/cdrom" and "ls -al /dev/cdrecorder" to see this. the i issued > "ln -sf /dev/cdrom /dev/sr1" which was wrong.. "ln -sf /dev/sr1 /dev/cdrom" > is the correct one it seems. once i issued the second ln the ls on the two > drive pointed to different drives(i.e /dev/sr0 and /dev/sr1).. now how do i > remove the first ln command? when i try and mount the cdrom i get an error > too many symbolic something... thanks ben You can delete the links and re-create them properly. You cam use the Midnight Commander (if installed, ms launches it) to edit the links to correct them. Press F9 for the menu, cursor over to the second tab from the left and scrol down to edit symlink. The first way is easiest if you know what you're doing (read man ls), otherwise, try mc. Hoyt
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