[ale] SCSI CD not in /dev - Problem fixed

[john.r.hooker at lmco.com (Rick Hooker)]

Hi,

My original problem was as follows:

>    I'm posting this for a friend. He's got a PIONEER CD-ROM DR-U06S
> SCSI CD-ROM that is probed correctly (the kernel sees it, recognizes
it)
>
> and gives the following:
>
> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
>
> However, when he goes to /dev to look for sr0, it's not there. He
tried
>
> makedev sr0
>
> and it states,
>
> ./makedev: don't know how to make device sr0

Several people suggested trying /dev/scd0.  Well, it turns out that the
SCSI CD works as /dev/scd0, but I don't understand why when the kernel
sees it as sr0.

Any explanations?

Thanks again!!!

Rick