On 01/16/2013 08:08 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> to the growisofs command. How could one determine that the media was >>> placed at >>> >>> /dev/sr1 >> >> Your CD/DVD drive will appear as /dev/sr[some-number]. Some systems have two >> drives, so they'll be /dev/sr0 and /dev/sr1. Depending on >> how your machine was installed, your first drive may be /dev/sr1. >> I've not sorted out why exactly, but I've seen it. >> >> Usually the udev rules also set up appropriate symlinks in /dev to >> point at the devices. For example, /dev/cdrom will generally point to >> the appropriate device: >> >> root@prophead ~]# ls -l /dev/cdrom >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 15 11:23 /dev/cdrom -> sr0 >> >> It should also create a /dev/dvd symlink which will also point at the >> correct device, but none of my F17 systems seem to set up /dev/dvd* >> links anymore (boo!). >> >> Also note that if you have two drives, you'll still have some questions >> as to which drive is what. The system will have /dev/sr0 and /dev/sr1, >> and quite possibly symlinks like /dev/cdrom (pointed at /dev/sr0) and >> /dev/cdrom1 (pointed at /dev/sr1). >> >> After installing blank media, you can look at /var/log/messages or the >> output of dmesg to see which drive saw the new media. >> >> My recommendation is to feed "/dev/cdrom=/path/to/iso/image" to >> growisofs and see if that'll get you anywhere or stick with brasero >> to burn your disks. >> >> Yes, it's confusing if you've not dealt with it before. > > Thanks, Rick, for your very useful clarification! > > Paul I take an easier way out..... I simply type "df" The end of the output shows.... /dev/sr0 4465312 4465312 0 100% /run/media/egreshko/Fedora 18-TC3 x86_64 -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
