Re: [gentoo-user] What's the /dev/* entry for my DVD drive?

[Florian Philipp]

Am 15.04.2011 11:14, schrieb Alan Mackenzie:
> 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!
>

It usually is /dev/sr0. There might also be symlinks like /dev/cdrom and
/dev/dvd but that depends on udev.

Hope this helps,
Florian Philipp