I have two sata CDRW/DVDRW drives connected to my box both of which work fine. I have a problem with the OS (SuSE 11.1) automatically changing links cdrom. cdrw, dvdrom, dvdrw links /dev.
When I first boot up the above links are linked to /dev/sr1. If I place a cd or dvd in the "sr1 drive all works as it should. cds and dvds play burn etc. If I insert a cd or dvd in sr0, the OS changes the links to point to /dev/sr0 not /dev/sr1. If I remove the cd/dvd from the sr0 drive and place it in the sr1 drive the OS does not redo/change back the cdrom dvdrom etc. links to sr1. This creates problems with some of the SuSE apps such as the KDE Kioslave-audiocd and Audex to name a few. These apps will then work with the sr0 drive not the sr1 drive. Other apps seem to work just fine eventhough the OS has changed the links.
My question is: Is there a way to stop the OS from changing the links? If I can get the OS to set the cdrom/dvdrom links to /dev/sr0 can I create my own links cdrom1/dvdrom1 to /dev/sr1 without the OS overwriting them?
Thanks,
Rodney