[olug] Finding the CDR device

[Dave Thacker]

I've installed a IDE CD-RW drive on a lab box.  The device is /dev/hdd.  I'd 
like to test writing by writing an iso of Damnsmall Linux.  The man pages for 
cdrecord suggest using "dev=6,0" as the typical writing device So...

root at jukebox:~/shares/damnsmall# cdrecord -V -v speed=12 -data dev=0,6 
damnsmall-0.6.1.iso
Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,6'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 6
cdrecord: No such device. Cannot open '/dev/pg0'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are 
root.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

Well! That's ugly.  Let's try 

root at jukebox:~/shares/damnsmall# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI 
driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are 
root.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

Ooooooo.  That's Bad.   

What should I try next?

Dave Thacker
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