Cannot find DVD drive

[Timothy Murphy]

I'm afraid this may be a very ignorant question,
but how do I access the DVD drive on my desktop?

It is shown by lshal:
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udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B'
  block.storage_device
= '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B'  (string)
  info.product = 'DVD-ROM DRD-841B'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' 
(string)
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And I see it referenced in /proc/sys/dev/cdrom ,
from which I guess I should find it at /dev/cdrom .
But when I try to mount it, I don't see the CD in it:
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[root at alfred ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: No medium found
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So is this the correct device?
How can I tell?




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