how to rename dvdrecorder and cdrecorder?
Dear list members: I do not like the default 'cdrecorder' and 'dvdrecorder' names the suse gives for these devices when using subfs. Where are these names are defined? If I knew I probably could set up different default names that I like. Thanks, IG
Gabor Istvan wrote:
I do not like the default 'cdrecorder' and 'dvdrecorder' names the suse gives for these devices when using subfs. Where are these names are defined? If I knew I probably could set up different default names that I like. You could always rm the symlinks and make your own (making sure you also match in fstab). Are these for external devices (i.e. hotplugged) or internal? -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871
Hi,
I do not like the default 'cdrecorder' and 'dvdrecorder' names the suse gives for these devices when using subfs. Where are these names are defined? If I knew I probably could set up different default names that I like.
You could always rm the symlinks and make your own (making sure you also match in fstab). Are these for external devices (i.e. hotplugged) or internal?
Or go to YaST / Hardware / CD-ROM and change the names, instead of messing around with something you might not be fully aware of and later complaining about SuSE.
Joe, On Friday 18 March 2005 07:51, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
Gabor Istvan wrote:
I do not like the default 'cdrecorder' and 'dvdrecorder' names the suse gives for these devices when using subfs. Where are these names are defined? If I knew I probably could set up different default names that I like.
You could always rm the symlinks and make your own (making sure you also match in fstab). Are these for external devices (i.e. hotplugged) or internal?
I did that for my two internal (IDE) DVD recorders. You have to edit /etc/fstab to correspond. I also made corresponding changes to the mount-point directories in /media.
Joe Morris
Randall Schulz
Dear list members:
I do not like the default 'cdrecorder' and 'dvdrecorder' names the suse gives for these devices when using subfs. Where are
Hello:
Thanks for the answers but you haven't answered the
question.
1. My CD drives are internal IDE drives.
2. I want to use subfs with automount.
3. I would like to know how the system decides to give the
names 'cdrecorder', 'dvdrecorder', 'cdrom' etc. for the CD
drives when it sets up /etc/fstab and /media subdirs (for
example through yast) and from where it gets the fstab
entry lines (options) for the drives.
I have deleted all the CD drive associations through CD/
DVD device integration in YaST (YaST -> Hardware ->
CD-ROM drives panel). This has resulted in removing the
cdrecorder and dvdrecorder links to the device files (/dev/
hdc and /dev/hdd) in /dev and removing the cdrecorder
and dvdrecorder lines from /etc/fstab. I have deleted the
cdrecorder and dvdrecorder dirs from /media manually.
Then I used the YaST dialog again to make the
associations (ie to integrate the devices as yast calls it)
and ended up again with the same names: dvdrecorder
and cdrecorder. I would like to change this behavior so
that the system would give names to the devices that I
define. It can't be done in the yast panel, there is no such
an option.
I would be glad if someone could explain me the suse
setup process.
Thanks,
IG
Gabor Istvan
defined? If I knew I probably could set up different default names that I like. Thanks, IG
On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 11:32 +0100, Gabor Istvan wrote:
Hello:
Thanks for the answers but you haven't answered the question. 1. My CD drives are internal IDE drives.
Good.
2. I want to use subfs with automount.
This is the default setup.
3. I would like to know how the system decides to give the names 'cdrecorder', 'dvdrecorder', 'cdrom' etc. for the CD drives when it sets up /etc/fstab and /media subdirs (for example through yast) and from where it gets the fstab entry lines (options) for the drives.
The names are hard coded into YaST, you cannot change them there. I believe the answer was given to you in earlier replies. You need to manually change them in /etc/fstab and create the new mount points under /media. I don't think you want to (can't) change the /dev/ names as they are set in the udev settings (are you running 9.2?). If running 9.2 the udev setup recreates/checks all of the /dev entries on boot IIANM. I don't understand why the need to change the names in the first place. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
Ken, On Saturday 19 March 2005 05:24, Ken Schneider wrote:
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The names are hard coded into YaST, you cannot change them there. I believe the answer was given to you in earlier replies. You need to manually change them in /etc/fstab and create the new mount points under /media. I don't think you want to (can't) change the /dev/ names as they are set in the udev settings (are you running 9.2?). If running 9.2 the udev setup recreates/checks all of the /dev entries on boot IIANM.
I don't understand why the need to change the names in the first place.
Well, I agree with the O.P. The names assigned by the software, at least in SuSE 9.1, are cumbersome and verbose.
Ken Schneider
Randall Schulz
On Saturday 19 March 2005 9:48 am, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Ken,
On Saturday 19 March 2005 05:24, Ken Schneider wrote:
... <snip> I don't understand why the need to change the names in the first place.
Well, I agree with the O.P. The names assigned by the software, at least in SuSE 9.1, are cumbersome and verbose.
Ken Schneider Randall, If you think those are cumbersome and/or verbose don't use flash media... now those have incredibley long names, and it's difficult to tell which card is mounted w/o opening the drive to see it.. then if it's wrong it's remove the wrong one , insert (hopefully) correct one, and wait for it to be recognized w/ a different but equally imposablely long name , rinse and repeat <sigh>
It's why I've gone for 4 gig and up sized drives for my Zaurus the idea being to load a whole bunch of oggs onto it and use that as a music player on planes, trains, and boats etc. Most autos have either acceptable radio or cd players <G> -- j That's why I wander & follow la vie dansante on the nightwind that takes me to where I want that's all I want .. la vie dansante.
J.F., On Saturday 19 March 2005 13:53, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
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Randall, If you think those are cumbersome and/or verbose don't use flash media... now those have incredibley long names, and it's difficult to tell which card is mounted w/o opening the drive to see it.. then if it's wrong it's remove the wrong one , insert (hopefully) correct one, and wait for it to be recognized w/ a different but equally imposablely long name , rinse and repeat <sigh>
I and the O.P. were talking about /media/ (and /dev/) dvdrecorder and the like, not flash drives. I don't have strong objections to the way USB flash drives are named, since they clearly need to be disambiguated. That does not apply to optical media attached via IDE (or SATA).
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-- j That's why I wander & follow la vie dansante on the nightwind that takes me to where I want that's all I want .. la vie dansante.
The Saturday 2005-03-19 at 16:31 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
I and the O.P. were talking about /media/ (and /dev/) dvdrecorder and the like, not flash drives.
I don't have strong objections to the way USB flash drives are named, since they clearly need to be disambiguated. That does not apply to optical media attached via IDE (or SATA).
I would simply symlink them to names I like, leaving the original, Yast names, intact. This way, programs that expect to find those names will not fail. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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Andreas Stieger -
Carlos E. R. -
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James Knott -
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Joe Morris (NTM) -
Ken Schneider -
Randall R Schulz