[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu DVD setup for mytharchive use

[John Veness]

Jeff Campbell wrote:
> I have tried to find the answer to this with no luck. I went to create a 
> DVD in mytharchive and everything went fine until It needed to write to 
> the DVD. What failed is /dev/dvd does not exist.
> I know I need to create a symbolic link from where the dvd actually is 
> to this directory. My question is where is it located? I think it's in 
> the /media/ directory which has directories cdrom, cdrom0 and cdrom1. 
> That leads to another question of how do I determine which directory is 
> the dvd drive?
> Any help on this would speed me to completion. I'm running a very simple 
> system with frontend and backend on the same box.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Jeff

In my system, /dev/dvd is a link to /dev/hdd, as is /dev/cdrom. It will 
definitely be a link to a file in /dev, not to a folder it /media. How 
you actually create these things I don't know.

John

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John Veness, MythTV user