Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> I'm afraid this may be a very ignorant question, >> but how do I access the DVD drive on my desktop? >> >> It is shown by lshal: >> -------------------------- >> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' >> block.storage_device >> = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' (string) >> info.product = 'DVD-ROM DRD-841B' (string) >> info.udi = >> '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' >> (string) >> -------------------------- >> >> And I see it referenced in /proc/sys/dev/cdrom , >> from which I guess I should find it at /dev/cdrom . >> But when I try to mount it, I don't see the CD in it: >> -------------------------- >> [root@alfred ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom >> mount: No medium found >> -------------------------- >> >> So is this the correct device? >> How can I tell? >> > Do you have more then one CD/DVD drive? You can see what device > /dev/cdrom is a symlink for by running "ls -l /dev/cdrom". If you > only have one drive, you may have to clean the drive... Thanks. I only have one drive. /dev/cdrom is a symlink to /dev/sr0 , but trying to mount this has the same outcome. I guess the drive needs cleaning, or more. I should perhaps have mentioned that this is an ancient machine - I keep it running because it is the only machine I have with a Centronics printer socket for my HP LaserJet 5L. I'm not sure if I ever used the DVD drive, but certainly not for many years. I think I have Windows-2000 on it. I'll fire that up and see if it can do any better. But I was thinking that it was a pity Linux/Fedora does not have something like Windows "My Computer", where one can see at once what devices can be seen. Or maybe there is an equivalent? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
