Re: name change for cd rom devices

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> IMHO "scd" ever has been broken and a bit incosistent and I never understood
> why this device name came up at all (when I've started using Linux with 0.98.4
> there only was /dev/sr?).
>
> there is sd*, st*, sg*, so what is wrong with sr* or good with scd* ??
>

I see scsi disk*, scsi tape*, scsi generic*. What's scsi r*. It makes
more sense to me if it's scsi cd*. Anybody read Anvlin's note?

Bob

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