Determining if a remote linux server has CD drive

Question

I want to find out if there is a CD drive on a remote server running Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla).

Based on what I can see in fstab, /proc/devices, /proc/ide/ide0/ it seems like there is a CD drive, but is there any way I can verify it?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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# lshw -C disk

Should give you what you want.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

Community

answered Nov 23 '10 at 21:45

petrus

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '10 at 21:36

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The best way would probably be to run dmesg and see what devices were enumerated by the kernel.

answered Nov 23 '10 at 21:36

EEAA

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 23 '10 at 21:38

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Check what can tell you /var/log/dmesg for IDE devices.
Try to use "eject" command and see what will tell you.

answered Nov 23 '10 at 21:38

ntk

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