[wplug] disappearing cdrom on a laptop.

[John S. Post]

John, try this:

>From the Red Hat Linux 7.3:
The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide:
Chapter 20: Gathering System Information

(Hardware)

If you are having trouble configuring your hardware or just want to know
what hardware is in your system, you can use the Hardware Browser
application to display the hardware that can be probed. To start the
program, type hwbrowser at a shell prompt. It displays your CD-ROM
devices, floppy disks, hard drives and their partitions, network
devices, pointing devices, system devices, and video cards. Click on the
category name in the left menu, and the information will be displayed. 

- John S. Post