How to list all DVD-ROM drives in Linux console ?
Here is the command in Linux console
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[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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Why use cat?
$ egrep '(CD|DVD)' /var/log/dmesg
bdstore@bdstore:/proc$ cat /var/log/dmesg | grep ‘(CD|DVD|BD)’
…nothing..
bdstore@bdstore:/proc$ wodim –devices
wodim: Overview of accessible drives (3 found) :
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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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