Windows Guy needs help in determining drives-drive letters

[Lrscpa]

Using a Linux program to fix my TiVo. Program is burned to a bootable CD, which loads fine. I get asked what the drives are (CD and Hard Disk) with abbreviations like hda, sda, etc. I was able to determine the Hard Drive as /dev/sda, by using <Shift>-PgUp/PgDn, but could not find what the CD drive was.

Hoping that someone can provide guidance.

Thanks!!

[hazel]

Try using the dmesg command to read the kernel's boot messages. There should be a couple of lines recognising the cd drive and giving it a name. It varies, depending on how the drive is connected, but /dev/sr0 and /dev/scd0 are the commonest names.

By the way, /dev/sda is the whole hard drive. The first partition (or sole partition if you haven't subdivided it) is called /dev/sda1.