[ltp] T30 2.6.17.8, Ububntu Dapper, /dev/hdc not created??

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 1 Sep 2006 17:32:24 -0400


On 9/1/06, kaens <apatheticagnostic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone, I'm running kernel 2.6.17.8 on a Thinkpad T30 with
> Ubuntu Dapper installed. Everything was working fine for awhile, but
> the other day, /dev/hdc ceased to be created on boot. I've booted a
> livecd with the drive since then, so it's not hardware, and dmesg |
> grep CD outputs:
>
> hdc: HL-DT-STCD-RW/DVD DRIVE GCC-4240N, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
>
> so it is detected by the kernel, right?
>
> So why wouldn't /dev/hdc create?

Sounds like a udev problem.

Alex

>
> I've searched around, and I can't find anything like a solution to
> this. Any help would be appreciated, and just mention it if you need
> more info.