From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QAk8M-0005sc-Fn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:36:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BBF0B1C007; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:34:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yi0-f53.google.com (mail-yi0-f53.google.com [209.85.218.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 861E71C007 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:34:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yia25 with SMTP id 25so1652207yia.40 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:34:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=hx7WgLR8Qgp/okN3dNBHro+zIDwASgIAG0R1juFFbZY=; b=JbAlG1o+cEXCO0zh60wGzNWqDrGAiJhmspHuxqukqCl0fMDPqlK0aHGLKLvWyZnN25 bFwhi0jOA2pJxzWtjWlBYr79k9tlZuO46w+PJR4WEab8shhzWe2Wf7K4t5G+rWo+rRkP cz571k8wXftmx/7e9ksMFdhHmyk9j/Yglsbmk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=nxObkSnk04eDekRebvhFC/+8vM4qEs5mfivVJ5sWYuFrsw/bcUaVPJa5nU7G0judZe TrfrxfMwEQAvOibfm7cIruWdGdUPXnYGa9N5/wBFtnkedNppov6NIjb/AmeeD+AjYk2j EjmEq08cQrGlmi9RwXvuFV5uxlJS11yg0T6Fs= Received: by 10.101.101.5 with SMTP id d5mr1182375anm.76.1302878076850; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:34:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaurahari (adsl-152-79-247.asm.bellsouth.net [72.152.79.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n8sm2673346anc.35.2011.04.15.07.34.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:34:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:34:33 -0400 From: Indi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What's the /dev/* entry for my DVD drive? Message-ID: <20110415143433.GA7128@gaurahari> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b52ad80f458b0841026d25a66fd99fe5 On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:10:02AM +0200, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, gentoo. > > I want to mount a CD rom in my SATA DVD drive. Having inserted the CD > into the drive, I can't find an entry in /dev for it. I know the drive > and the CD are working, because I installed my system using them. :-) > > My HDDs are on /dev/sda and /dev/sdb. When I stick a USB stick in, it > it becomes /dev/sdc. However, my DVD drive is not /dev/sdc, it's not > /dev/sdd. > > I've tried 'ls -lrt /dev', yet there's not entry there after boot time. > > Would somebody please help me to mount this CD. > > Thanks! > > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). Probably it's /dev/sr0, but you can find out for sure by looking in /dev. -- /\ /\ <\ /> ^ caveat utilitor 'v-v'