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CDPROBE(8) System Manager's Manual CDPROBE(8) NAME cdprobe - guess where the Minix CD is SYNOPSIS cdprobe DESCRIPTION Cdprobe prints on standard output the name of the device (in /dev/cXdY form) of a device containing a CD with the proper layout to install Minix from it. Such a CD should have a MINIX cd label, an IBM-format partition table at the beginning (like any hardisk), and the file systems pointed to at positions p1 and p2 of that partition table, should be valid (mount- able) Minix file systems. DIAGNOSTICS The return code is 0 after successfully printing the device, or 1 if some error or unexpected condition occured. Appropriate diagnostic messages are printed on standard error. NOTES Cdprobe probes all the possible drives on the system, so can try for a long time, particularly when there are no readable CD, or when the con- troller cannot be successfully addressed at hardware level. BUGS There is some nasty hard-codery (like MINIX cd label) that can be im- proved on. SEE ALSO at(4), /etc/rc on the initial ramdisk. AUTHOR Cdprobe.c was written by Ben Gras and Philip Homburg. February 1st, 2010 CDPROBE(8)