On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 03:29:37 +0100, William Leese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Monday 19 February 2001 03:19, Hall Stevenson wrote: >> > okay, this.. is stupid question.. being completely spoilt >> > by Redhats simplicity.. i'm unaware of which device >> > /dev/cdrom was linked to. ..can someone, give me a hint? >> >> Try >> >> ls -l /dev/cdrom >> >> How's that for simplicity ?? ;-) >> > >okay okay.. thank you for making me look like a moron ;) ..though that wasnt >quite the problem.. ..the link that i was used to when i used redhat wasnt >already present with debian.. so i needed to know which device it used to >point to (i dont have redhat on any machine here).. If I'm understanding you correctly, It depends upon what type of cdrom you have. If you have an IDE cdrom, it's simply the appropriate hd device. My cdrom is the first device on the second IDE port, so /dev/cdrom is linked to /dev/hdc. If you have a SCSI, it'll be /dev/scd?, where ? is the appropriate device number. If you have one of the old, proprietary models, I'm not sure off the top of my head. If you post back which sort of interface it is (Sony, Panasonic, etc.) somebody will probably know. Dan
