Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

From: Jan Minar (Jan.Minar_at_seznam.cz)
Date: 01/02/04

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    On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 08:04:47PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote:
    > On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 19:28, Jan Minar wrote:
    > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote:
    > > > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc?
    > > > Try using the full path (/dev/hdc).
    > >
    > > There's no difference between an absolute and a relative path here. The
    > > symlinks are relative to the directly they reside in.
    >
    > Oh, good to know. Stylistically, I'm rather fond of absolute paths in a
    > symlink. Not sure why though.... hrmmm.

    The difference shows up when you mount the filesystem elsewhere (rescue),
    rearrange your directory structure, when you share a filesystem, etc. 

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