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Linux: Mount: Check: Device: Cdrom: How to determine if /dev/cdrom exists?

Dec 2nd, 2003 12:45
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 17 September 2003 - 08:09 pm ------------------

Linux: Mount: Check: Device: Cdrom: How to determine if /dev/cdrom 
exists?

type the command:

 ls /dev/cd*

to see a list of all devices starting with 'cd'.

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Tested in:

Linux Debian v3: you see e.g. /dev/cdrom
                              /dev/cdu535

Linux Mandrake v9: you see e.g. /dev/cdrom@
                                /dev/cdrom0@

                       /dev/cdroms:

                                /dev/cdrom0@

Linux Red Hat v9: you see e.g. /dev/cdrom
                               /dev/cdu31a
                               /dev/cdu535
                               /dev/cdwriter

Linux Slackware v9: you see e.g. /dev/cdrom
                                 /dev/cdu535

Linux SuSE v9: you see e.g. /dev/cdouble0
                            /dev/cdouble1
                            /dev/cdrecorder
                            /dev/cdrom
                            /dev/cdu535

Linux Turbolinux v8: you see e.g. /dev/cdromo@
                                  /dev/cdu31a
                                  /dev/cdu535

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Note:

Here this:

 /dev/cdu535

means the Sony CDU-535 CD-ROM player present in my computer

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Internet: see also:

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Linux: Mount: Check: Device: Block: View: How to view all devices?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/24400/fid/107

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