[ale] Debian 2.6.8/Plextor dvd help please

[Geoffrey]

Sergio Chaves wrote:
> On my Dell Inspiron 5160 with mdk kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdksmp:
> 
> [sergio at mdk sergio]$ ls -la /dev/dvd lrwxrwxrwx      1     root
> root        13 Dec 10 06:17  dvd-> hda
> 
> I remember I had to give users rw permissions on hda to access the
> drive.
> 
> BTW, floppy is hdb and HD is hdc

What???  You've got quite a wierd setup there.  Typically the hard drive 
is /dev/hda and the dvd would be hdd or hdc

What kind of floppy is it that is hdb????  I don't see how this could be 
unless it's an ls120 or zip or something else connected to your ide 
interface.

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Until later, Geoffrey