qemu access to the native CD-ROM on f8?

[Sur]

* Robert P. J. Day wrote, On 01/21/2008 10:19 PM:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Sur wrote:
> 
>> * Robert P. J. Day wrote, On 01/21/2008 09:23 PM:
> 
> ... snip ...
> 
>>>> qemu -cdrom /dev/cdrom linux-0.2.img
>>> i've tried that, and every variation of that i could think of
>>> (/dev/sr0, /dev/scd0).  but, as i said earlier, i don't think the
>>> "-cdrom" option is for assigning devices, i think it's for associating
>>> *image files* with devices.  in any event, the above still doesn't
>>> show me an available CD device from within QEMU.
>> that should work, read Invocation section carefully:
>> http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html#TOC10
>>
>> when you use -cdrom, the device always becomes /dev/hdc on guest, so
>> -hdc and -cdrom options are mutually exclusive.
> 
> darn, you're right -- but i'm still curious as to how i should have
> known that the CD-ROM would be available in the QEMU session as
> /dev/hdc.  now that i read the above, you can *deduce* that, but it
> certainly doesn't come right out and say it.
> 

that's a very dense doc, I suggest you read it top to bottom and join 
the bits.
QEMU generally takes time to get familiar with.