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for you, depending on the capabilities of each device, but you need to
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decide which of two modes of operation you wish to have the script use.</para>
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- <para>First, the script can operate in <quote>by-path</quote> mode, where
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- the rules it creates depend on the physical path to the CD or DVD device.
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- Second, it can operate in <quote>by-id</quote> mode, where the rules it
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- creates depend on identification strings stored in the CD or DVD device
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- itself. The path is determined by Udev's <command>path_id</command> script,
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- and the identification strings are read from the hardware by its
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+ <para>First, the script can operate in <quote>by-path</quote> mode (used by
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+ default for USB and FireWire devices), where the rules it creates depend on
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+ the physical path to the CD or DVD device. Second, it can operate in
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+ <quote>by-id</quote> mode (default for IDE and SCSI devices), where the
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+ rules it creates depend on identification strings stored in the CD or DVD
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+ device itself. The path is determined by Udev's <command>path_id</command>
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+ script, and the identification strings are read from the hardware by its
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<command>ata_id</command> or <command>scsi_id</command> programs, depending
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on which type of device you have.</para>
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is not empty, otherwise it will use a combination of ID_MODEL and
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ID_REVISION. The <quote>by-path</quote> mode will use the ID_PATH value.</para>
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- <para>If you choose the <quote>by-path</quote> mode, then the rules files
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- installed by default with Udev will work. If you choose the <quote>by-id</quote>
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- mode, then you will have to modify the
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+ <para>If the default mode is not suitable for your situation, then the
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+ following modification can be made to the
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<filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/75-cd-aliases-generator.rules</filename> file,
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- as follows:</para>
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+ as follows (where <replaceable>mode</replaceable> is one of
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+ <quote>by-id</quote> or <quote>by-path</quote>):</para>
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-<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/write_cd_aliases/& by-id/' \
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+<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/write_cd_aliases/& <replaceable>mode</replaceable>/' \
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/etc/udev/rules.d/75-cd-aliases-generator.rules</userinput></screen>
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<para>Note that it is not necessary to create the rules files or symlinks
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Matthew Burgess