How to list all DVD-ROM drives in Linux console ?

On April 17, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Linux, Notes

How to list all drives in console ?

Here is the command in Linux console


[root@server dev]# cat /var/log/dmesg | egrep '(CD|DVD)'
hda: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR-T10N, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[root@server dev]#

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2 Responses to How to list all DVD-ROM drives in Linux console ?

  1. bob says:
    January 7, 2012 at 7:04 pm

    Why use cat?


    $ egrep '(CD|DVD)' /var/log/dmesg

  2. Anton Shevtsov (@AntonShevtsov) says:
    February 25, 2013 at 1:10 pm

    bdstore@bdstore:/proc$ cat /var/log/dmesg | grep ‘(CD|DVD|BD)’

    …nothing..

    bdstore@bdstore:/proc$ wodim –devices
    wodim: Overview of accessible drives (3 found) :
    ————————————————————————-
    0 dev=’/dev/sg1′ rwrwrw : ‘PIONEER’ ‘BD-RW BDR-206′
    1 dev=’/dev/sg2′ rwrwrw : ‘PIONEER’ ‘BD-RW BDR-206′
    2 dev=’/dev/sg4′ rwrwrw : ‘PIONEER’ ‘BD-RW BDR-207′
    ————————————————————————-

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