On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 09:35:29PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > I just replaced my old DVD drive on my Squeeze system. It used to show > up as /dev/dvd (which may have been a symlink to another device -- I'm > not sure). The new drive shows up as /dev/dvd3 which is a symlink to > /dev/sr0. > > How can I change it back to /dev/dvd? All my dvd-related software (vlc, > mplayer, etc) is looking for /dev/dvd. I'd rather change the device file > for my new dvd drive than change the config for all of my software. > I found the answer myself. /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules controls those device names. In my case, I simply removed the file and it was recreated on the next boot, but it returned my DVD drive to /dev/dvd.
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