How do I get to know my optical drives read and write capabilities?

Asked Aug 14 '16 at 14:59

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I want to learn which media my optical device can read and write to?

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Jeff Schaller

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It appears this Q is Linux-based, based on the accepted Answer. – Jeff Schaller Aug 14 '16 at 19:45
um, yes, unix.stackexchange.com – Mario Kamenjak Aug 14 '16 at 21:02
Versus Solaris or HP-UX or AIX, all of which would have different commands for this. – Jeff Schaller Aug 14 '16 at 21:03
Oh well, sorry. – Mario Kamenjak Aug 15 '16 at 08:30

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Use lshw!

lshw

lshw -class disk

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answered Aug 14 '16 at 15:09

Ipor Sircer

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