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asterix404
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:03 am Post subject: Installing DVD and CDRW drives

Hey, I just decdied to put my full effort towards linux and break off from winsuck. I would like to know how to get my dvd and cdrw to work though, mplayer is compliaing abuot a lack of something called /dev/dvd but /mnt/cdroms/cdrom1 which is my dvd is recognized. Are there any ideas?

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gentoo_dude
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:38 am Post subject:

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Create a symling between /dev/dvd and /dev/cdroms/cdrom1

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ln -fs /dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /dev/dvd

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