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James wrote:

>> The naive question comes to mind, why doesn't Linux itself create
>> "nodes" as required ? 

> So far as I can see, this was a long-running dilemma for Linux. The
> original solution was to have the system autocreate every
> imaginable 
> device file (all those entries under /dev are known as device
> files) on 
> system start-up. ...... 

(some lines snipped for brevity)

> This meant that the computer ended up with a /dev 
> directory full of entries, 99% of which would never be used. You
> can 
> likely appreciate the heightened need for a solution that works
> more 
> effectively and dynamically with the proliferation of hot-pluggable
> drives 
> and storage media (e.g., flash drives, digital cameras and music
> players, 
> etc.).

Oh, yes, but still hard disk partitions and other non "plug and play"
devices should be inserted at boot imho - as soon as they are
detected. Where did the cryptic numbers in the "mknod" command as
given by Sindi come from ? 

> As you will be aware, I am only giving background 
> information here rather than providing any solution. Sorry :)

That was very instructive, thank you!

>> I have : "mount /dev/sbpcd0 /cdr" in my /etc/rc script; 
>> ... it possible though to make the "mount" line conditional so
that
>> it is not attempted or at least not retried if no CD is in the 
>> device ?
 
> Under BL I think your best solution is going to be to transfer that
> line 
> from from /etc/rc to /etc/fstab and to add a little more info to
> it. I 
> would say it should look something like
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> /dev/sbpcd0 /cdr   iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> That would keep the drive from being mounted by the system at
> boot-up, 
> regardless of whether there is a CD in it or not. You would mount
> the CD 
> drive by issuing the command mount /cdr. You could alias that
> command if 
> you didn't want to have to type so much to mount it. Hope that
> helps.

Neat !

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