Re: how to check a cd-rom?

[Rich Healey <healey.rich@gmail.com>]

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Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Fri,17.Oct.08, 18:06:54, Dexter Filmore wrote:
>> snip
>>
>>> That doesn't quite work out:
>>>
>>> mount /cdrom
>>> /Fri Oct 17-06:14:44HDC5# md5sum /cdrom
>>> md5sum: /cdrom: Is a directory
>> Isn't /cdrom a symlink to /dev/cdrom...?
>  
> $ ls -l /cdrom
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2008-07-11 00:40 /cdrom -> media/cdrom
> 
>> Maybe give it the real device path rahther.
> 
> He did try that...
> 
> Regards,
> Andrei
media/cdrom is a mount point.

/dev/cdrom is a device node.
Regards


Rich Healey

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