[wellylug] mknod

[Daniel Pittman]

Edouard Chalaron <e.chalaron at xtra.co.nz> writes:

> I have something odd here on my latop.
>
> Dmesg indicates me that my DVD drive is here, but it seems that the
> /dev/hdc has disappeared.  Can I recreate it with mknod? 

Yes, though I don't think that will resolve your long-term problem.

> if so what are the minor and major # for that ?

  22,0 for the disk, ,1 for hcd1, etc.

> No need to say that it worked Ok before ...

...before what?

> Distro is Ubuntu 6.1 for 64 X2 AMD

Do you mean 6.06.1 or 6.10 -- there is no Ubuntu 6.1.

Anyway, the longer term issue here is that those device nodes are
supposed to be created by the 'udev' process when the hardware is
detected.

If that isn't happening then it will vanish every time you boot -- /dev
is not persistent on Ubuntu.

You should check Launchpad to see if anyone has filed a similar bug and,
if not, report your problem against the most recent of the kernel or
udev -- whatever it was that changed when your CD-ROM vanished.

Regards,
        Daniel
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