On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 17:43, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Usually people want to know how to make udev recognize > devices. I have a device that is recognized just fine, but > I'd really like to declare it an un-device. I don't > want any /dev/ files created for it, I don't want the > driver loaded unless something else needs it. I want > it to disappear from creation completely. > > Can custom udev rules do this? > > Specifically, the device is the incredibly annoying fake CD > drive that appears along side my usb hard disk > when I plug it in. Udev can't really do anything here. In many cases there are tools available from the disk vendor to disable the fake cd drive. Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html