finding the dev address of my cd burner

bcf2 · 09-20-2004, 06:01 PM

I need to find the address of my cd burner in dev
ie /dev/cdburner

Tinkster · 09-20-2004, 06:19 PM

Look through the output of the command
dmesg
and see whether you find it mentioned there ...

Cheers,
Tink

Ateo · 09-20-2004, 06:29 PM

If you're not using scsi emulation, then it *should* be /dev/cdroms/cdromX. If you're using scsi-emulation, then it *should* be /dev/srX, /dev/sdX or even /dev/sgX.

HTH

Tinkster · 09-20-2004, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ateo
If you're not using scsi emulation, then it *should* be /dev/cdroms/cdromX.

Are you 100% certain that MDK uses devfs?
It might as well be /dev/hdc

Cheers,
Tink

bcf2 · 09-20-2004, 07:00 PM

nope, not any of those, k3b says that they all arent devices. I have put an entry into lilo.conf that looks something like:
append = "hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
could someone please help me?

ps:k3b reconises that I have two cd readers, but fails to notice that one of them also writes!

Tinkster · 09-20-2004, 07:06 PM

Cool ... so MDK doesn't use devfs.

Again, have a look through
dmesg ... if it whizzes by too fast, do

Code:

dmesg | less

and check whether the name of the writer shows up
in the output ... or if you happen to know where it is
physically attached (ide0/ide1, and master or slave?)
I can most likely tell you what it's actually called.

If the append line is successful (again, check dmesg)
the burner would be either /dev/scd0 or /dev/scd1

Cheers,
Tink

bcf2 · 09-20-2004, 07:22 PM

I found the cd writer, but it's dev address is hdd, which k3d has already dismissed as not an addional device. I think that I have to tell teh program that it and the reader are teh same thing. Any help on doing this?

Tinkster · 09-20-2004, 07:32 PM

Which version of kernel, k3b and cdrtools are you
using? hdd indeed wouldn't work if the append-statement
does ... again, check dmesg. If it works the device you're
looking for is most likely scd1 or sg0

Cheers,
Tink

Ateo · 09-20-2004, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tinkster
Are you 100% certain that MDK uses devfs?
It might as well be /dev/hdc

Cheers,
Tink

Are there other options other than udev?

What is the output of

Code:

dmesg | grep ROM

Demonbane · 09-20-2004, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Are there other options other than udev?

plain static device nodes?