They aren't dropped, they are maintained in a persistent fashion by a different set of rules.
This means that the same link will always point to the same device. On your system, have you a /dev/dvdrw1 for example? -- [hardy] [udev] Failure to create symlinks /dev/dvd. /dev/dvdrw. /dev/cdrw etc. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211993 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs