On 11/30/08 14:58, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
T o n g wrote:On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:38:45 +0200, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:- If not, how can I know which (device) is which for all my CD/DVDs, the automatically way, not try-and-error way?/dev/disk/by-id ?Nope, it only contains my HD links, no CD/DVD. Yours are different?Yes. $ ls /dev/disk/by-id | grep DVD ata-HL-DT-ST_DVD+-RW_GSA-T11N_KV472E33633 $ readlink /dev/disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-ST_DVD+-RW_GSA-T11N_KV472E33633 ../../hda
Only if you have a disk mounted (or otherwise recognized). $ dmesg | grep ASUS ata3.00: ATAPI: ASUS DRW-1814BLT, 1.13, max UDMA/66 scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM ASUS DRW-1814BLT 1.13 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 $ ls -1 /dev/disk/by-id ata-Hitachi_HDS721075KLA330_GTA200P8G0WPTA ata-Hitachi_HDS721075KLA330_GTA200P8G0WPTA-part1 ata-WDC_WD2500JB-00GVA0_WD-WCAL72021285 ata-WDC_WD2500JB-00GVA0_WD-WCAL72021285-part1 ata-WDC_WD2500JB-00GVA0_WD-WCAL72021285-part2 ata-WDC_WD2500JB-00GVA0_WD-WCAL72021285-part3 ata-WDC_WD2500JB-00GVA0_WD-WCAL72021285-part4 ata-WDC_WD6400AAKS-00A7B0_WD-WCASY1192719 ata-WDC_WD6400AAKS-00A7B0_WD-WCASY1192719-part1 ata-WDC_WD6400AAKS-00A7B0_WD-WCASY1192719-part2 scsi-SATA_Hitachi_HDS7210_GTA200P8G0WPTA scsi-SATA_Hitachi_HDS7210_GTA200P8G0WPTA-part1 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD6400AAKS-_WD-WCASY1192719 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD6400AAKS-_WD-WCASY1192719-part1 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD6400AAKS-_WD-WCASY1192719-part2 -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled? What different abilities do I have?