Comments on: How to Create Device Files in Linux Using mknod Command

By: Simon Evan

Simon Evan — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:40:26 +0000

Excellent tutorial! Might elaborate on where to get the major/minor numbers. One could figure it out from the text but “straight forward” helps some. Thank you. SE

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 03:27:04 +0000

In reply to Any. @Any, If you don't have a /dev/sr0 device, it's likely that the system isn't recognizing your DVD drive properly. Run the following command to check if your system detects the DVD drive:

$ sudo lshw -C disk

Look for your DVD drive in the list. It might be listed as something like /dev/sr0 or /dev/cdrom.

By: Any

Any — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 23:51:28 +0000

Hi, I run:

$ sudo mount /tmp/dvd-rom /mnt/

Which gives me an error. I try on both Ubuntu 18.04 and the latest Fedora 38. Which Linux distribution are you using? I don't have /dev/sr0 by default. Regards,