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# 1  
Old 06-13-2007
Find the cdrom

Hi,

I have installed Solaris 10 in intel architecture via Virtual Machine.

By default the CDROM isn't mounted.

How can i find out exactly which device is the Cdrom.

On linux it used to be /dev/cdrom.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 06-13-2007
When I insert a CD it's auto-mounted from /vol/dev/dsk/c1t0d0/cdrom but when I eject the cd the "cdrom" part disappears.
# 3  
Old 06-13-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by vibhor_agarwali
How can i find out exactly which device is the Cdrom.

On linux it used to be /dev/cdrom.

Thanks
iostat -En will show the cdrom device file.

On Solaris 10 the vold daemon automatically mounts a cdrom (uses /vol/dev/dsk/cXtYdZ/CDLABEL ) when inserted. Look in /cdrom there should be directory with the cdrom's label in there. To unmount use the eject or volrmmount command.

If vold isn't running then you can mount the cdrom the usual way:
mount -F hsfs /dev/dsk/cXtYdZ /cdrom
# 4  
Old 06-14-2007
Earlier i was trying without a CD.

Now inserted one, but no progress...

bash-3.00# iostat -En
sd0 Soft Errors: 2 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: HL-DT-ST Product: RW/DVD GCC-4481B Revision: E106 Serial No:
Size: 0.04GB <38227968 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 2 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0

iostat gives the above error
# 5  
Old 06-14-2007
Also i don't have anything like /cdrom. Smilie

Shall i create it? Smilie
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