[CentOS] Issue with dvd/cdrom drive

[Pete Biggs]

On Sun, 2019-06-23 at 22:13 -0400, doug schmidt wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm having an issue with my Thinkpad P70 laptop/workstation. This system is
> a dual boot,
> windows 10 pro and centos 7. I have not needed to use the cdrom until now,
> however the system does not see it in /dev. I know the cdrom works as I can
> use it in windows 10 and when initially installing centos 7, I installed
> from dvd media. I'm not sure what to check.

By default CDROM drives are usually /dev/sr* 

> 
> 
> # hwinfo --block --short

CD drives are not block devices.  Why not use 'hwinfo --cdrom'?

# hwinfo --cdrom --short
cdrom:                                                          
  /dev/sr0             TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653H

P.