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How to mount a CD ROM from a USB CD ROM drive on Ubuntu 10.04.3 server

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I am trying to mount the installation CD rom drive using a USB CD ROM drive on Ubuntu 10.4.3 server to extract additional packages (since I do not have internet active on the server). I plugged the CD rom drive and inserted the CD and I could not find any auto mounting happening. I could not figure out what would be the device name to manually mount. Looks like it is not /dev/sr0. Any guidance on mounting a CD on Ubuntu server is appreciated.

EDIT Based on the answer from Christopher, here is more information,

/0/1                 scsi6       storage     

/0/1/0.0.0           /dev/cdrom  disk        DVD RW AD-7560S

/0/1/0.0.0/0         /dev/cdrom  disk

So I guess the device name would be /dev/cdrom and I should be able to mount it with the following command

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

I get the following error.

mount: /dev/sr0: unknown device

However I can automount the CD in my Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop edition.

So please confirm I am recognising the correct /dev/<dev name>

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answered 2 Years ago enincroscope · Accepted Answer

You can glean the device name with "list hardware" (lshw):

sudo lshw -short

Output something like this:

H/W path               Device      Class       Description

==========================================================

/0/100/1f.2/0          /dev/cdrom  disk        DVD+-RW GSA-H31L

/0/100/1f.2/1          /dev/sda    disk        750GB ST3750640AS

Or maybe pipe to less if there is too much output:

sudo lshw -short | less