2006/4/23, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Nope, the OP's issue (/etc/sysconfig/harddisks missing) is a feature.
See Bugzilla #157673 and this thread at fedora-devel-list:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-August/msg00201.html .
Thanks for the pointers. This is indeed the same thing I mentionned. I may try one of the alternatives mentionned (udev rule or sysconfig/modules).
Perhaps you can help me about one more thing? Unless DVD drive settings are tweaked with hdparm, I'm stuck burning in 1X speed (in K3B at least). DVD playback is also horrible (mplayer, xine). Shouldn't the kernel apply better settings to dvd drives? I can't understand that reply of the devel thread:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-August/msg00204.html
I think having to play with hdparm to get CDs and DVDs burning at decent speed is a good example of something that keeps average users far far from a linux desktop.
