Re: cdrecord, IDE-SCSI and 2.5.39

Thomas Molina (tmolina@cox.net)
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:46:15 -0500 (CDT)


On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:

> Can you try running "cat /dev/pg0"? Does it work for you?
>
> I think "/dev/scd0" is used for normal CD-ROM access, i.e. mounting a CD,
> etc. but I think "/dev/pg0" is the generic interface used for burning CDs,
> erasing CD-RWs, etc.

[root@dad root]# cat /dev/pg0 > /dev/null
cat: /dev/pg0: No such device
[root@dad root]# cat /dev/pg1 > /dev/null
cat: /dev/pg1: No such device

It sees it as scd0 or scd1 (scsi cd?). I can read and write to /dev/scd1
(my burner) just fine; that is the device my system has seen for some time
now.

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